"The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will consider whether or not United States citizenship law that favors children of unwed American mothers over those with unwed American fathers is a gender-based violation of the US Constitution's equal rights provision.

If children born abroad have unwed parents, and only one is an American citizen, current immigration law gives different treatment depending on the gender of the American parent. Despite attempts at reform, children of unwed American mothers today have an easier time gaining US citizenship than the children of American fathers.

This disparity will come before the court through the case of Luis Ramon Morales-Santana, the son of an American citizen father, who was denied American citizenship."

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