CA bans criminal investigations & prosecutions of pregnancy loss, stillbirths, miscarriages.

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NEW, & BIG: Newsom signed AB2223 into law today. It bans criminal investigations & prosecutions of pregnancy loss, stillbirths, miscarriages.

It's a response to the prosecution of two women in red part of California.

@JessPish previewed the bill here:

boltsmag.org
California Prosecutions for Pregnancy Loss Spark Outrage, and a Bill to Stop Future Investigations
The charges over two stillbirths are a window into a country where pregnancy outcomes are already policed.
7:28 PM · Sep 27, 2022

https://boltsmag.org/california-pregnancy-prosecutions-kings-county/

On the night of December 30, 2017, a teary 29-year-old Adora Perez gave birth to a stillborn boy at Adventist Medical Center in Hanford, California. After Perez tested positive for methamphetamine, she admitted that she had relapsed while pregnant. A nurse wrote that Perez and her boyfriend were extremely upset, calling her “emotional” and “tearful” while saying that he “appeared to have been crying and was solemn.”

Shortly after Perez gave birth, her son was taken away and tested for illegal drugs. While she slept, a nurse called child protective services, according to documents her lawyers later shared with CalMatters. Police arrived at the hospital to question her the very next day. A doctor told police that the stillbirth was caused by complications related to “extensive drug use by the mother.”

On the morning of January 1, 2018, Perez was released from the hospital and then immediately arrested and taken to jail. Kings County District Attorney Keith Fagundes, who is running for his third term in office this week, charged her with murder, which he argued was justified under California law.

A few months later, Perez pleaded guilty to manslaughter in exchange for an 11-year prison sentence. According to Perez, her defense attorney, a private lawyer appointed by a judge and not a public defender, did not investigate her case.

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[Hekate]

1. KnR

[Walleye]

2. We need to expand our majority in Congress and make this a national law

[Irish_Dem]

3. Passing laws that women are to be treated like humans, not animals.

Sigh what a planet.

[onecaliberal]

4. Kings county is as corrupt as it gets.

[crickets]

5. K&R for visibility.