R&I – FS
Activists’ days of using sanitized euphemisms to mask the horrors of abortion are drawing to a close. The vague “right to choose” mantra is quickly morphing into the right to kill a full-term baby after birth, with no questions asked.
A California bill passed last week by the state Assembly Judiciary Committee and now on its way to the Assembly Health Committee could permit infanticide, opponents warn. The bill, AB 2223, is brought to citizens by the Future of Abortion Council, a group of more than 40 abortion advocacy groups organized at the urging of Gov. Gavin Newsom to help make California an “abortion sanctuary” state.
The bill’s sponsor, Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, claims it does not legalize infanticide but “protects reproductive freedom by clarifying that the Reproductive Privacy Act prohibits pregnancy criminalization.”
However, the text prohibits investigations into deaths “related to or following known or suspected self-induced or criminal abortion” and would “delete the requirement that an unattended fetal death be handled as a death without medical attendance.” The bill also removes criminal liability for “actions or omissions” with respect to pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes.
‘Perinatal Death’ Is Frighteningly Broad
The biggest problem is found in Section 7, where the bill provides broad protection in the case of “perinatal death due to a pregnancy-related cause.” The bill text states:
The Legislature finds and declares that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy with respect to personal reproductive decisions, which entails the right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy, including prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care. …
Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or penalty, or otherwise deprived of their rights under this article, based on their actions or omissions with respect to their pregnancy or actual, potential, or alleged pregnancy outcome, including miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion, or perinatal death due to a pregnancy-related cause.
Thurston Howell III
Article URL : https://thefederalist.com/2022/04/12/california-bill-openly-admits-abortion-was-always-about-killing-babies/