Why the “Citizenship at Birth” Amendedment in the Shmuley Myers Series is Better than the Status Quo
Currently, my lovely state of Texas ranks amazingly low in child insurance and high in infant and maternal deaths. The current “pro-life” trend apparently starts and stops only with citizens with the means to pay for care. What happens to non-citizens, or those unable to pay for medical services, is not relevant.
In this series’ universe, since every pregnancy means a live citizen, and every non-live-birth a murder investigation, women would be required to have prenatal care. On a high-school nurse’s office, in The Property of Blood, there’s a poster:
1. Thou shalt place your citizen’s needs above your own.
2. Thou shalt keep your citizen safe.
3. Thou shalt shelter your citizen well.
4. Thou shalt not poison your citizen.
5. Thou shalt keep your citizen’s home clean.
6. Thou shalt prepare a safe place for your citizen.
7. Thou shalt obey your doctors.
8. Thou shalt keep yourself healthy for your citizen.
9. Thou shalt feed your citizen as an honored guest.
10. Thou shalt treat your citizen as you would want to be treated.It’s sad when a dystopian speculative fiction series devoted to unintended consequences is beat by the realities of 2024. The decimation of funds for those most at risk is a blazing proof that it’s not about the women, it’s about propping up the existing (white, moneyed) system.