California Assembly Committee Passes Bill That Could Legalize Infanticide

A proposed bill to bar criminal prosecution into the suspicious death of an unborn or newborn baby was passed by a state assembly committee on April 5.

Buffy Wicks introduced Assembly Bill 2223 to prevent pregnant women from being prosecuted for either terminating a pregnancy or losing their baby, she said during an April 5 Judiciary assembly committee meeting.

The bill would prohibit holding a person-the mother or a health care provider-responsible for "Miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion, or perinatal death" of a baby based on "Their actions or omissions" related to the pregnancy, according to the state legislative information website.

Though the bill doesn't give a precise definition of "Perinatal," it commonly entails the time frame between 22 weeks of pregnancy and seven days after birth, according to the committee's bill analysis.

Existing law requires a county coroner to investigate the death of an unborn or newborn baby-after 20 weeks into pregnancy-resulting from "Suspected self-induced or criminal abortion," according to the bill.

Upon being arrested, Becker lost custody of her son, who was later adopted following the drop of her criminal charges in May 2021, Lee explained while reading Becker's written statement urging lawmakers to vote in favor of the proposed bill.

Susan Arnall, California attorney and vice president of Legal Affairs at Right to Life League-the first pro-life organization in the United States-warned lawmakers of the details of the bill that would allow intentional "Murders" of infants to evade criminal investigation.

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