Sponsor of Maryland Bill That Legalizes Infanticide Up to 28 Days Cancels Hearing
March 15, 2022 | Maryland
The Maryland Democrat who sponsored a radical bill that would legalize infanticide, letting babies die up to 28 days after birth, is reportedly altering his legislation. Senate Bill Sponsor William Smith, the author of SB 669, is supposedly removing the “perinatal” section of the bill and has cancelled a hearing scheduled for Tuesday.
The Pregnant Person’s Freedom Act of 2022 includes a section state that investigations of infanticides would be curtailed: “This section may not be construed to authorize any form of investigation or penalty for a person: … experiencing a miscarriage, perinatal death related to a failure to act, or stillbirth.”
“Perinatal death related to a failure to act,” is the most menacing line in this terrible bill. Perinatal is an imprecise word with many interpretations. The World Health Organization defines it as the period between 23 weeks’ gestation and seven days after birth. Other bodies say the perinatal period ends 28 days after birth.
After massive outcry about the bill online for a week, Smith has reportedly decided to drop that language and has canceled the hearing…
(Excerpt from lifenews.com)
