http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ken-klukowski-supreme-court-rules-social-security-can-deny-benefits-to-children-conceived-after-death-of-father/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ken-klukowski-supreme-court-rules-social-security-can-deny-benefits-to-children-conceived-after-death-of-father/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 17:35:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134327 Breitbart: A deceased man’s child is not always a child under Florida law when it comes to Social Security benefits. So said the Supreme Court in Astrue v. Capato, a case where modern technology collided with federal entitlements. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ken-klukowski-supreme-court-rules-social-security-can-deny-benefits-to-children-conceived-after-death-of-father/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/scotus-children-conceived-after-fathers-death-not-covered-by-social-security/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/scotus-children-conceived-after-fathers-death-not-covered-by-social-security/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 15:27:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134158 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/scotus-children-conceived-after-fathers-death-not-covered-by-social-security/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/justices-weigh-ivf-technology-against-1939-law-is-a-posthumous-ivf-child-a-survivor/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/justices-weigh-ivf-technology-against-1939-law-is-a-posthumous-ivf-child-a-survivor/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:29:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129151 NPR (includes audio): ustices Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy both raised an issue not before the court — whether a child conceived in vitro can be properly called a survivor since the child never lived with or was dependent on the deceased. How Appealing links to more reports on the arguments. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/justices-weigh-ivf-technology-against-1939-law-is-a-posthumous-ivf-child-a-survivor/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/court-benefits-for-babies-born-after-dads-death/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/court-benefits-for-babies-born-after-dads-death/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:40:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128989 AP: Should babies conceived through artificial insemination after a father's death get his Social Security survivor benefits? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/court-benefits-for-babies-born-after-dads-death/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/scotus-argument-preview-who-is-a-decedents-child/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/scotus-argument-preview-who-is-a-decedents-child/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:07:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128705 SCOTUS Blog: The following contribution is by Kristine S. Knaplund, Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California. Professor Knaplund has written extensively on the legal and ethical issues that arise when children are conceived and born years after a genetic parent has died, including articles in the Arizona Law Review, Kansas Law Review, the Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy, the Michigan Journal of Law Review, and the ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal. She is an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and serves as Vice Chair of the ABA Elder Law, Disability Planning and Bioethics Group. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/scotus-argument-preview-who-is-a-decedents-child/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/top-court-to-hear-in-vitro-fertilization-benefits/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/top-court-to-hear-in-vitro-fertilization-benefits/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:40:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118548 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/top-court-to-hear-in-vitro-fertilization-benefits/feed/ 0