NYT: It Is Just a Clump of Cells if They're American; It Is a Child If the Mother Is 'Undocumented

We have finally discovered what will make The New York Times treat an unborn child as a human being. - David Strom 

• Make the mother an illegal alien, and the fetus is suddenly fully human.

Pre-born children have always had a dual identity, actually, so I may be exaggerating a bit when I describe the Times' change of heart. 

A sort of Schrödinger's fetus: if the mother wants to give birth, it is a precious gift to be cherished; if the mother wants to chuck it in the trash, it is a clump of cells....