The amendment would change the wording of section 7a to read: “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”.ĭr Anne Richardson-Oakes, director of the centre for American legal studies at Birmingham City University, makes it clear that infanticide would relate to a separate law. The representative said Wicks filed amendments to the bill on Monday to further clarify the language and clear up misinterpretations that “perinatal deaths” meant anything other than mothers losing their babies due to pregnancy-related causes. One Twitter user quoting this section wrote, “Here is the worrying part” ( here).Ī representative for Wicks quoted her as saying about the online claims: “Anti-abortion activists are peddling an absurd and disingenuous argument that this bill is about killing newborns, when ironically, the part of the bill they’re pointing to is about protecting and supporting parents experiencing the grief of pregnancy loss.” “No person should face prison time for a tragic pregnancy outcome, and this bill will ensure that prosecutions and investigations have no place in reproductive health care.” The worry for several readers and commentators online is the language around “perinatal death”, which some fear exempts parents from prosecution for murder.
The part of the bill that is generating the most concern is Section 7(a) which reads: “Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or penalty, or otherwise deprived of their rights, 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.”
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The bill, introduced by California Assembly Member Buffy Wicks, is available to read in full ( here). Is this for real or some sick joke or fake news?” ( here) Another wrote: “I can't wrap my head around this. I can’t even begin to comprehend the depths of this depravity”. It refers to the bill as an “INFANTICIDE bill that would legalize the murder of children up to nine months gestation and in the week(s) after birth.”Ī Twitter post sharing a screenshot of the article has had over 6,000 reactions ( here) and reads, “A tsunami of evil is sweeping the West. The online Miami Standard story ran with the headline: ‘California introduces new bill that would allow mothers to kill their babies up to 7 days after birth’.
The California Assembly member who introduced the bill filed amendments to further clarify the language used. A newspaper article suggesting a proposed California reproductive health bill would legalize the maternal killing of newborn babies, a claim that quickly spread on social media where users claimed the bill would legalize infanticide, misinterpreted the bill, experts told Reuters.
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