Unmarried parents

Unwed pregnant women in China face a legal gray zone where they are unable to access public services for themselves and their children.

World News
Health & Safety

In China, Kids Of Unwed Mothers May Be Barred From Public Health Care, Education

2:36pm November 06, 2019

Being a mom without a husband leaves many women in a legal gray zone where they are unable to access medical and other public services for themselves and their children. Some women are even fined.

Immigrants pose with U.S citizenship certificates in front of a large U.S. flag after a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center in February. A Supreme Court decision Monday will put the foreign-born children of unmarried American fath

National
Politics & Government

High Court Strikes Down Law Favoring Unwed Mothers Over Unwed Fathers

12:29pm June 13, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court struck down a federal law that treats unwed fathers and mothers unequally — a major victory for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has battled the discriminatory rule for decades.

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