The "right not to be born" strikes some observers as simply absurd.
In De Quincey's mind, the disappearance was, like Margaret's pregnancy, an interlude terminated by a transformative event: the Malay, he worried, would be found dead, poisoned by the drugs; likewise, his child would be born, which struck De Quincey as a different sort of tragedy.
Mire, who is Somali-born, has been struck by paintings of "eerie headless creatures".
Bush, who speaks fluent Spanish and whose wife was born in Mexico, struck a more pragmatic tone.
When our second daughter was born, I was struck daily by the beauty of her eyes.
Mexican-born Juan Ruiz de Alarcón struck a distinctive note.
The Brazil-born striker struck twice late in the first half.
The French-born midfielder struck from outside the penalty area to separate the west African rivals, the last of the 16 teams at this year's tournament in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to get their campaigns underway.
Strike – born Gary John Bassett – died earlier this week, aged 70, a forever peripheral figure in the history of punk, but also among its most fascinating.
The respect, the concern, is striking – born, perhaps, of that sense that there is something about Italy that they have seen before.
Key foreign-born strike leaders were immediately targeted for deportation, but New South Wales Premier Jack Lang refused to allow state police to serve summonses on two leading union leaders.
