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The Atlantic The IVF Cases That Broke Birthright Citizenship The U.S. had to rethink its definition of parenthood, to account for children born abroad to American parents using egg and sperm donors or surrogates. 7:00 AM ET Share Ethan and Aiden Dvash-Banks are twin brothers—born just four minutes apart on the same September day in the same hospital room in Ontario, Canada. But shortly after their birth in 2016, the U.S. State Department decided that the two boys were very different in the eyes of American law: Aiden was a U.S. citizen but Ethan, the brother with whom he’d shared a womb, ...

US to Grant Citizenship to Children Born via IVF or Surrogacy The United States is now granting citizenship to children born through in vitro fertilization or other means of assisted reproductive technology, such as surrogacy. President Joe Biden’s administration is changing the federal government’s interpretation of Section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which outlines the requirements for acquisition of U.S. citizenship at birth. Previously, the government required children have a biological connection to their U.S. parent to receive citizenship. Under the updated ...

State Department restores citizenship rights to children born abroad to married same-sex couples FacebookTwitterEmail Elad Dvash-Banks, left, and his partner, Andrew, pose for photos with their twin sons, Ethan and Aiden in their apartment in 2018 in Los Angeles.Jae C. Hong/Associated Press The Biden administration restored citizenship rights Tuesday to children born abroad to married same-sex couples from the United States. Under the policy announced by the State Department, the child will be recognized as a U.S. citizen if the parents are married at the time of birth, at least one is a U.S....

The State Department reverses a policy that denied citizenship to some babies born abroad to same-sex parents. Elad Dvash-Banks, right, and his partner, Andrew, play with their twin sons, Ethan, left, and Aiden, in their apartment in Los Angeles, in January, 2020. In a decision issued in October, 2020, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling recognizing the citizenship from birth of Ethan Dvash-Banks, a twin boy born abroad by surrogacy to the couple.Credit...Jae C. Hong/Associated Press May 18, 2021 In a victory for same-sex couples, the State Department on Tuesday ...

McCarthy Announces Opposition to Jan. 6 Commission Last Updated May 19, 2021, 6:38 a.m. ETMay 19, 2021, 6:38 a.m. ET The top House Republican said he could not support an inquiry into the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” associated with the left. Representative Rashida Tlaib urged President Biden to end his support of Israel amid its bombing campaign against Hamas. Here’s what you need to know: Protestors at the Capitol as they breached the doors on Jan. 6.Credit...Jason Andrew for The New York Times Representative...