California Democrats Ban Adjectives During Public Comment Session On Abortion Bill – Opinion

California Democrats presented an alarming abortion bill. It attracted more than a thousand supporters of life to Sacramento to protest it during public comments.

AB2223 is a “reproductive health” bill that would prevent the prosecution of any “pregnant person” who loses their baby to “miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion, or perinatal death due to a pregnancy-related cause.” The bill is part of a larger 45-point package, approved by Governor Gavin Newsom, designed to make California an “abortion sanctuary state” in response to pro-life bills being passed in states like Oklahoma and Texas, and the possibility of Roe V. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court.

Pro-life opponents of the bill claim that it opens the door to infanticide by removing protections for infants born alive after botched abortions and putting into question the meaning of “perinatal.”

RedState’s Bob Hoge summarized the issue.

It’s no surprise then that the California legislature has come out with a loony new bill, AB2223, which among other things, states: “People also need to end pregnancies by abortion, including self-managed abortion, which means ending one’s own pregnancy outside of the medical system.”  (Which raises so many questions!)

The language that caused the greatest controversy is:

A person is not subject to any civil or criminal penalty or penalties, nor are they deprived of anything, regardless of other laws. All rights, 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. death due to a pregnancy-related cause.

After outcry over the fact that the final sentence implied that you could terminate your child’s life, the stricken text was replaced by the italicized version. After it is delivered.

No wonder pro-life advocates were so eager to give their comments to the Assembly Health Committee. The Democrat response was not impressive, but it was right on target. The public comment period was limited to just one hour due to the estimated 1500 people who were waiting to submit comments. That is a lot of people to get through, but according to Senator Melissa Melendez (CA-28), it hasn’t yet received a single question as it weaves its way through hearings, despite being hugely controversial.

AB2223 eliminates the obligation for coroners not to investigate infant deaths that are suspected or induced by criminal or self-induced abortions. A woman would get legal immunity for the death of her baby if it’s due to a “pregnancy related cause”, which is defined vaguely.

— Senator Melissa Melendez (@senatormelendez) April 20, 2022

However, limiting the time for public comments wasn’t enough for the Democrat-led committee. In a video clip on Melendez’ account on Tuesday evening, the committee seems to take exception to the public’s continual use of…wait for it…adjectives. The one member instructs the crowd not to use adjectives and threatens to take the microphone from anyone who does.

As if limiting testimony to 1 hour wasn’t outrageous enough, now democrats prohibit the use of adjectives. pic.twitter.com/rR4qceOC5L

— Senator Melissa Melendez (@senatormelendez) April 20, 2022

The government ordered that taxpaying citizens and concerned citizens, exercising their rights to contact their elected officials and voice their grievances, stop using the service Adjectives when discussing a bill that calls mothers “pregnant people” and might possibly decriminalize infanticide.

California’s brain is here.