Not too long ago, an assembly bill passed in the state of California which legalized the killing of babies both inside and outside of the womb if the mother so chooses.
This bill would prohibit a person from being subject to civil or criminal liability, or otherwise deprived of their rights, based on their actions or omissions with respect to their pregnancy or actual, potential, or alleged pregnancy outcome…
Basically what this text from the bill is saying is that a mother would be protected against criminal charges based on her “actions or omissions” which result in her pregnancy outcome. Potential outcomes include “miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion, or perinatal death.” In other words, it would be totally legal for a mother to either take actions that lead to her child’s death or to refrain from taking action (neglect).
Let’s dive into the abortion aspect of this first. Basically, this bill is legalizing self-abortions. These are not only dangerous for the baby but also for the mother. In addition, botched abortions are very common even when done by a medical professional. Imagine how many abortions will be botched by untrained mothers aborting their own babies themselves?
Now, to the point of perinatal death. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines perinatal death as “the death of a baby between 22 weeks of gestation and 7 days after birth.” All this to say that a mother would be protected by law to take action towards killing her baby as well as simply neglecting it to death up to 7 days after birth.
Besides all this, the bill would also protect anyone who assists the mother in these endeavors.
In the bill analysis pdf, which is supplied by the California Legislative Information website, it mentions what the opposition says about the bill:
OPPOSITION. The California Family Council (CFC) is opposed to this bill and states that this bill would legalize infanticide by the mother or any accomplice. Killing or letting a newborn die will no longer have any criminal penalties associated with it if this bill passes. It is the government’s job to protect vulnerable human beings from harm. Newborns are valuable human beings who should be protected and that doesn’t change simply because their mother doesn’t want them. California has a Safely Surrendered Baby Law that allows a mother to drop off her newborn baby at a hospital, police department, or fire station with no questions asked. CFC concludes that mothers should not be killing their newborn children when all they have to do is take them safely to a drop-off location.
Traditional Values for Next Generations (TVNG) is opposed to this bill and states that California may follow the steps of former Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who murdered three infants born alive after botched abortions, and could not be prosecuted. This bill expressly authorizes any person to facilitate late-term abortions and infanticide without legal repercussions. That means, there is a great possibility to remove much needed civil and criminal penalties for killing babies born alive under almost any circumstances. This is the most extreme, anti-life bill in California’s history. TVNG concludes that this bill legalizes infanticide and we absolutely cannot agree with the use of euphemisms like “personal reproductive decisions” and ‘reproductive justice’ to justify and encourage the killing of babies in and outside the womb.
If this summary of opposition (again supplied in the official analysis for this bill) isn’t enough to make you absolutely disgusted at what this bill allows, then I would suggest some therapy.
In the end, this bill legalizes the murder of unborn and newborn humans under the guise of “reproductive rights”.
Before I end this article, I would like to bring a quick point to your attention. The word “fetus” is used throughout the bill to refer to a baby inside of the womb. This word is used as if it dehumanizes the unborn human baby when, in fact, the dictionary term for “fetus” is as follows: “an unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind; specifically : a developing human from usually two months after conception to birth (according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary).” The only reason why “fetus” is specifically two months after conception is because it follows the germinal and embryonic stages. These stages simply show where a human child is in their development. They do not refer to a completely different species. Therefore, the word “fetus” is just another term for a developing human. This bill is littered with the word “fetus,” which furthers my point that this bill legalizes infanticide.
Sources:
Read the full bill here: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2223
Bill Analysis: file:///C:/Users/horse/Downloads/202120220AB2223_Assembly%20Health.pdf
California Family Council: https://www.californiafamily.org/2022/03/newsoms-abortion-council-opens-the-door-to-infanticide/
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