Should a baby conceived after a father's death be given Social Security survivor benefits?
Melissa Amen conceived her 3-year-old daughter, Kayah, seven days after Kayah's father died of cancer.
"It's my miracle," the 28-year-old Nebraska resident told FoxNews.com. Melissa and her husband, Joshua, struggled for two years to have a child before she conceived through intrauterine insemination. Joshua had stored his sperm in a bank in case treatments for his cancer rendered him sterile. They were planning to raise a family together despite his three-year battle with cancer.
Now Amen faces her own battle: Winning Social Security benefits for Kayah from a federal government that, in essence, doesn't recognize Joshua as the father.
The Social Security Administration denied Melissa's application seeking survivor benefits for Kayah because she was conceived after the death of her father.
"I was so frustrated. I didn't know what to do," Amen said. "I knew I had to fight for her benefits." . . .
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1 Comments:
Markie Marxist sez: "Dead people can already vote, so why can't they do parenting too? Anything that spends more of the taxpayers' money is a good idea because it helps get America further towards the 100% taxation that defines communism. Why not have death benefits for the dead too? Let them live a little!"
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