Nebraska Decision on Prenatal Care Bittersweet Victory for Women

New America Media Friday 27th April, 2012

Ed Note: Nebraska’s legislature last week overrode Gov. Dave Heineman’s veto of a bill seeking to provide free prenatal care to undocumented immigrant women. While welcome news for immigrant women in the state, commentator Jessica González-Rojas says it is a bittersweet victory as the arguments used effectively acknowledge rights to the fetus that are denied to the mother. In the latest example of the hostile political climate ...

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