Posted on 03/09/2022 5:47:19 AM PST by Red Badger
Senate Bill 669 could be interpreted to allow for abortions through the first month after the baby is born, a legal analyst says. Featured Image
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (LifeSiteNews) – Legislation proposed in the Maryland Senate would allow babies to be left to die for as long as the first 28 days after birth, according to analysis from a pro-life attorney.
Senate Bill 669 is also known as the Pregnant Person’s Freedom Act of 2022, but the problems go beyond the use of “person” in place of accurate references to women having babies. Senator William Smith, a Democrat, sponsored the legislation, which will have a hearing on March 15.
“[T]he bill also proposes a revision of the fetal murder/manslaughter statute that would serve to handcuff the investigation of infant deaths unrelated to abortion,” American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) attorney Olivia Summers wrote in her analysis.
This is because the legislation prohibits investigations and criminal prosecutions for women and medical professionals for a “failure to act” in relation to a “perinatal death.”
“In other words, a baby born alive and well could be abandoned and left to starve or freeze to death,” Summers wrote, “and nothing could be done to punish those who participated in that cruel death.”
She said that the language used is unclear, so the law could be interpreted to “prevent investigations into the death of infants at least seven days AFTER their birth, and may extend to infants as old as four weeks!”
The Maryland Code does not define “perinatal,” Summers said. A 2020 law does define “perinatal care” as the “provision of care during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum and neonatal periods.”
A definition on MedicineNet, a website owned by WebMD, defines it as “the 20th to 28th week of gestation” to “1 to 4 weeks after birth.”
Summers, with the ACLJ, noted in her analysis that the state already has a safe haven law that allows parents to leave a newborn baby with a responsible adult without fear of prosecution.
“Under the Safe Haven law, a distressed parent who is unable or unwilling to care for their infant can safely give up custody of their baby, no questions asked,” the Maryland Department of Human Services explains. “Newborns can be left at hospitals or law enforcement stations.”
“There is absolutely no reason for Maryland Senate Bill 669’s attempt to prevent someone who lets their baby die from being investigated,” Summers said. ”This bill just further exposes the complete lack of regard abortion advocates have for innocent human life.”
“If they truly want to protect life and women, then legislators could simply extend the length of the safe harbor provision already in place,” she said.
Senator Smith, the bill’s sponsor, did not provide a comment on the ACLJ’s analysis of the legislation. The office responded to the initial email but did not comment any further.
PING!.......................
They used to call this MURDER................
Quite an honor for a colony originally founded as a safe haven for Catholics. I’m sure the red Pope is proud.
28 days? Why the wait for these people? Why 28 and not 14 or 1?
It is murder. No matter how those bastards want to sugar coat it.
Ironic that the abbreviation is MD.....................
“Senate Bill 669”…….why didn’t they just go with Senate Bill 666?
How can a reckoning NOT be coming?
Infanticide to ensure that resource are not wasted on children who won’t be good socialist citizens of the post reset new world order. Children of illegal aliens get an immediate pass.
“why didn’t they just go with Senate Bill 666?”
That was my thought as well...probably already taken. But the ‘9’ is an inverted ‘6’, so they tried.
These legislators are to be pitied. They don’t realize the depth of their depravity. They WILL face punishment for their crimes, perhaps not in this life, but the True Judge will meet them at the end of their lives and issue His Supreme, Righteous Justice to them.
Oh, it is. Maybe not in this lifetime, but do not doubt a reckoning is coming.
Murder after birth would be legal. That means anyone can kill anyone at any time and it is legal.
Wow chilling
Not only that, but say a child is born with Down’s, and the “parents” decide it is “better for the child” not to have to live with such an “ailment”?
Luke 17:2
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.
So no need to bother with a pesky abortion anymore? Just go full term (and soak up that maternity leave), then starve your baby to death?!?
How ironic that liberals lose their minds over the execution of criminals who have committed murder, arson, kidnapping, etc, and yet extend every bit of assistance they can to those facilitating the execution of helpless babies for the crime of not being able to hire attorneys.
Would that be any worse than killing another infant?
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