- (a) 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.causes that occurred in utero.
Source: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=
Edit: So, in other words, a badly worded bill has been corrected, and now doesn't allow people to kill babies up to 7 days old. It appears to remove any criminal stigma should a baby die up to 7 days after being born if the reason for the death was a direct result of something that happened before it was born.
- (a) 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.causes that occurred in utero.
Source: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2223
PS I can't work out how to do strikethrough on here.
Edit: So, in other words, a badly worded bill has been corrected, and now doesn't allow people to kill babies up to 7 days old. It appears to remove any criminal stigma should a baby die up to 7 days after being born if the reason for the death was a direct result of something that happened before it was born.
- (a) 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 [strike]a pregnancy-related cause.[/strike] causes that occurred in utero.
Source: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2223
PS I can't work out how to do strikethrough on here.
Edit: So, in other words, a badly worded bill has been corrected, and now doesn't allow people to kill babies up to 7 days old. It appears to remove any criminal stigma should a baby die up to 7 days after being born if the reason for the death was a direct result of something that happened before it was born.
- (a) 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 [strike]a pregnancy-related cause.[/strike] causes that occurred in utero.
Source: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2223
PS I can't work out how to do strikethrough on here.