No, I do not know the author.

From an IM conversation this morning...

tirani: please explain to me why denying a woman pre-natal care solely on the basis of her imagration status is a good thing? Isn't her child, who's going to be born here anyway, going to be a citizen?
etcet: fetuses are only politically important when they're being actively harmed
or threatened.
etcet: the child isn't a citizen until it's born; until then, it's an immigrant, and must be treated like shit.
tirani: I don't see how denying a basic healthy birth is a good thing
etcet: i wish i didn't have such an incisive and nuanced understanding of how fucking stupid politicians are
etcet: WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER IMMIGRANT BABY. (uh, it'll be an american baby, dipshit) STOP UNDERMINING MY RHETORIC WITH FACTS.