I contend that the North Carolina statute violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which "prohibits a state from granting rights to one class of citizens that are denied to another class of citizens." (137) "The definition of discrimination can be reduced to the idea that one person can have something [that] another person cannot have, and the only difference between the two is a specific characteristic." (138) Children born in wedlock have an automatic right to inheritance from their paternal relatives; children born
out of wedlock do not.
Nozawa also noted the need to revamp the current Civil Code which discriminates between children born
out of wedlock and those born to married couples in terms of the inheritance they receive.
The ratio of number of children born
out of wedlock to number of siblings age 13 and above was as follows: fathers (M = .72; SD = .87), mothers (M = .47; SD = .63).
The result: Soon, half of all American children will be born
out of wedlock and reared in government-run day-care centers.
Having a child
out of wedlock often means a lifetime in poverty.
On mental health, Ms Charity Kennedy of Botswana Network for Mental Health said challenges affecting children born
out of wedlock deprived them of their human rights.
He said in recent court papers that the trust "would not benefit any person born
out of wedlock unless that person had lived for a substantial period of time as a regular member of the household".
The Court of Appeal, in a written judgment released on July 25, last year held that a Muslim child conceived
out of wedlock could bear his or her father's surname instead of 'Abdullah'.
The actor-model reached out to those who were born
out of wedlock in a Twitter post on Sunday, June 10.
The proportion of babies born
out of wedlock has increased more than eightfold in Cyprus since 2000, from 2.3 per cent to 19.1 per cent in 2016, Eurostat data published on Monday show.
A businesswoman in Sokoto, Rabiat Mustapha, 30, has been remanded in prison custody over alleged murder of her baby born
out of wedlock.
It is illegal in the UAE to have sex
out of wedlock and unmarried women who have a baby in the country are immediately reported to the police - although the woman did claim she and the Palestinian were married according to customs in her country.
Investigations revealed that the infant was born
out of wedlock.
A woman accused of getting pregnant
out of wedlock claims she was raped, Abu Dhabi Court was told
The agent of Lebanese singer Amal Hijazi sent a press release in response to shocking news over a number of internet websites about Amal's support for having children
out of wedlock.
