Should a baby conceived by in vitro after father's death be eligible for SSI?

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91. By that reasoning you are supporting an anti-abortion argument if you concede that a child that was

born after the parent died should be granted survivor benefits. I'm still not sure if you think the law should be changed to eliminate that class of children from eligibiltiy and, if not, why you aren't starting down the slippery slope you are worried about.

As I said, this isn't a case about the eligbility of a fetus or sperm or an egg. Its the eligiblity of a child after its born. The eligibility to receive survivor benefits attaches to the child not the fetus, which also would be the case if a child conceived after the parent died was accorded survivor benefits.

I don't see anything in the discussion from the oral argument that goes to the issue you are raising. Rather it goes to the point that I was making: the current law doesn't appear to contemplate the situation at hand and applying it raises a lot of questions that are best suited for resolution by Congress which could decide not to extend benefits to posthumously conceived children or could extend such benefits with whatever limitation (e.g., time limits etc) it chooses.