Legal Baby Killing: The Evil Expands
By BARBARA SIMPSON
An attorney for the Pacific Justice Institute. Matthew McReynolds, called it a “degree of evil that a majority of Americans are against.”
What was he talking about?
The new laws and proposed laws in California that open the right to abortion in the state and expands the time when babies can be killed. Literally.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 245 into law last week — it’s called the Abortion Accessibility Act. The law prohibits health plans and insurers from imposing a co-pay, deductible, or any other cost-sharing requirements for abortions and such services.
Jodi Hicks, president of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, praised the move, saying it’s a “major step in California’s commitment to being a Reproductive Freedom State.”
It’s worth noting that the idea has never been put to the public for a vote. It’s just the decision of liberal politicians.
Newsom and state legislators are anticipating that the Supreme Court might nullify Roe v. Wade and wants California to be an abortion destination for women nationally. In fact, Gov. Newsom has promised that California will be a “sanctuary state for abortion.”
Another proposed bill was submitted by State Sen. Nancy Skinner — it would create a fund for low-income Californians as well as women traveling from pro-life states like Texas to California to abort their unborn babies. In other words, it would change California into an abortion destination state.
Another proposed bill is AB 2223. It would shield mothers from civil and criminal charges related to her pregnancy and the survival or not of her child. The bill not only includes questions of the survival of the child till birth but includes “perinatal death” — which could be interpreted to be as long as a year after birth.
Pro-life advocates warn that the intent of such laws will not only codify the killing of the unborn through the nine months of pregnancy but will decriminalize the killing (or allowing to die) of newborn children days, weeks, and possibly months after birth.
In addition, the bill allows a woman to sue any police or other legal authority which arrests or charges her for hurting or killing her child under provisions of the bill.
This bill is authored by Assembly Member Buffy Wicks (D., Oakland) and Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Kevin Mullin (D., South San Francisco). It needs to be heard by the Assembly Judiciary Committee. No date had been set for that.
Legal experts say if the bill passes, it would legalize infanticide in the state. The president of the California Family Council Jonathan Keller said if the bill passes, it will be “open season on unwanted newborns in the state.”
He added, “A political culture that justifies killing millions of children in the womb is now declaring open season on unwanted newborns. Every Californian must oppose this heinous bill.”
Whether or not they do, California isn’t the first state to have such laws. Colorado supported abortion as long ago as 1967 and the laws there today are as flexible as the ones being passed and proposed now in California.
States and foreign countries have varied abortion laws, and many include the right of doctors or parents to have the child killed (or allowed to die) if it is born with any kind of diagnosed medical impairment. Then again, that could be allowed if the parents decide they simply do not want to have the child survive regardless of its health.
If you’re wondering what is causing this plethora of abortion laws, just consider the fact that the Supreme Court will be reviewing the pro-life issues that are addressed in the current Mississippi law which restricts abortion to prior to 15 weeks.
The concern of pro-abortion advocates is that the decision could affect Roe v. Wade, by changing it or perhaps even overturning it. It’s clear they are very worried about that and want these new laws to preclude possible legal issues in the future.
Another trend in the abortion laws is that Texas has passed the Heartbeat Law, which bans abortions after six weeks — a law which has been upheld by the state and federal Supreme Courts. It has spurred other states to pass similar legislation, Idaho being one.
The issue of how the changes in law would affect health-care professionals is also an important part of these controversies. Depending on the legal wording, a physician, nurse, or other health-care professional would (could) be forced to participate in the killing (or allowing to die) of a newborn even if it violates his or her moral/religious beliefs. How that would play out in the courts remains to be seen, but it is an issue that is certain to occur.
As the legal battles continue, it’s wise to consider how many abortions take place in the U.S. annually. Considering that there are many that are not accounted for, it’s estimated that there are about one million every year. Estimates are that since Roe was decided, more than 64 million abortions have taken place in this country alone.
That means more than 64 million little human beings were killed or allowed to die before, during or just after birth.
And we consider ourselves to be “civilized.” It should make you think about what we are doing — and why.