‘Infanticide Bill’: Mass. Dems Back Bill Removing Protections for Babies
Democratic leaders within the Massachusetts legislature say they will take up abortion rights legislation in the coming days that critics say would allow abortion up until the moment of birth and remove the current protections for babies who survive abortion.
Democratic state Rep. Claire Cronin is proposing a 1,500-word amendment to the budget bill that has the support of House leaders and would replace the current laws on abortion – which describes abortion as the “knowing destruction of the life of an unborn child” – with language friendly to abortion rights. Cronin’s bill describes abortion as “any medical treatment intended to induce the termination of” a pregnancy.
More significantly, Cronin’s amendment would expand abortion rights in the state by removing current restrictions on late-term abortions and requirements to protect babies who survive abortion. Massachusetts House Speaker Robert...
Dr. Alan Cairns | 6/22/2009
