The US State Department says a child born outside the USA to an American cannot receive citizenship until a biological link with at least one parent is established. That link does not exist if an infertile woman uses donor eggs at a clinic to conceive.
No such biological link exists for parents who adopt children overseas either, but US law exempts adopted children from the regulation.
"Although the regulations are designed to prevent the abuse of American citizenship laws" through fraudulent claims of parentage, Brisman said, "they're also hurting infertile Americans who simply want to pass on their citizenship to their kids."
当美国芝加哥人艾丽•拉维在国外生下漂亮的双胞胎女儿时,她心里别提多高兴了。
然而当她前往以色列特拉维夫的美国大使馆为孩子申请国籍时,却发现美国国务院并没有分享她的喜悦。
一位大使馆工作人员想知道拉维是否在生育诊所里怀孕的。她回答说是,结果被告知她的孩子不够资格加入美国国籍,除非她能证明造出胚胎的卵子或精子来自美国公民。
拉维说:“我感到羞辱又恐惧,我们谈论的是我生的孩子。她们当然是我的孩子。”
这一事件指出的问题就是评论家所说的美国国籍法中存在的赤裸裸的不公平。美国公民在海外收养的孩子有资格成为美国公民,而在美国生下的小孩,就算父母不是美国人,也是美国公民。
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