The following bills of the California State Legislature dealt with crucial life issues of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia or cloning. For each bill, a brief statement of the main issue and the pro-life voting position are given. The final disposition of the bill is noted.
SB
253 (Ortiz), Stem cells, human tissue: research - OPPOSE
This
is a bill of death. It permits destroying human beings at the earliest stages of
life in the name of research and improving California’s economy. The
derivation of a human stem cell results in the death of a human embryo, such as
we all once were. Human germ cells permitted by the bill necessitate not only
killing human embryos, but also use tissue from aborted babies, thereby further
entrenching abortion in our culture. Human cloning permitted by the bill results
in the destruction of those human beings as embryos when they are used to
develop stem cells or germ cells. Passed by the Legislature and Signed by the
Governor.
SB
676 (Poochigian), State budget: payment of existing costs - OPPOSE
This bill was
created in August 2002 by transforming an unrelated existing bill into one that
would pay for costs incurred by the state government, including Medi-Cal
payments for abortions, until the 2002-2003 State Budget was enacted.
Amended and passed by the Assembly and re-referred to the Committee on Budget. Ultimately
replaced by AB 425.
SB
993 (Figueroa), Nurse-midwives - OPPOSE
This
bill allows nurse and midwife solo-practitioners to prescribe abortifacient
drugs without any physician or surgeon oversight. This is an irresponsible bill,
particularly following a recent federal report of women dying after use of
RU-486, a chemical abortifacient. Passed by the Legislature and Signed by the
Governor.
SB
1230 (Alpert), Human cloning - OPPOSE
This bill
permits the creation of human clones and allows experimentation on them before
they become a fetus at their eighth week of life, beyond which they are not
allowed to live and must be killed. The bill also permits un-elected bureaucrats
to change restrictions on clones, which could result in increasing their maximum
age before being killed. Passed by the Legislature and Signed by the
Governor.
SB
1261 (Peace), Senate version of State Budget - OPPOSE
This is the Senate version of the 2002-2003
state budget which contains full abortion funding. Passed by the Senate and sent
to the Assembly. Ultimately replaced by AB 425.
SB
1301 (Kuehl), Reproductive Privacy Act
- OPPOSE
This
is Planned Parenthood’s flagship bill. It locks abortion-on-demand (including
partial-birth abortion) into California law even if Roe v Wade were overturned.
It lowers qualifications for persons assisting in surgical abortions,
allows non-physicians to administer chemical abortifacients, continues to
cover up statutory rape and sexual abuse of minor daughters, and eliminates
abortion reporting currently required by law for evaluating medical standards
and demographic effects of abortion. A racist statement by a major abortion
provider and the numerous abortion clinics located in minority communities give
creditability to the belief that abortion is being used for racial genocide and
that the elimination of abortion reporting is a cover-up. Passed by the
Legislature and Signed by the Governor.
SCR
55 (Ortiz), Stem cell research – OPPOSE
This Senate
Concurrent Resolution establishes a 14-member panel to advise the Legislature on
stem cell research. No panel is necessary to advise on the killing of innocent
human beings, it would simply provide cover for legislators making unethical
decisions. Passed by the Legislature (the Governor’s approval is not
necessary).
SJR
38 (Ortiz), Stem cell research – OPPOSE
This
Senate Joint Resolution memorializes the President and Congress to permit
experimentation on human embryos and clones as long as they are not allowed to
be born, i.e., killed before birth. Passed by the Legislature (the
Governor’s approval is not necessary).
SJR
51 (Karnette), United Nations Population Fund - OPPOSE
This Senate Joint Resolution memorializes the President and Congress to
reinstate $34 million to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in 2002. The
reason for the original withdrawal of funds was that the Kemp-Kasten Amendment,
which prohibits funding of coercive or involuntary sterilization programs, was
violated by communist China’s one-child policy. Although SJR 51 states that an
un-named U.S. fact-finding mission to China finds no such coercion, this is not
substantiated by an official U.S. State Department fact-finding team, which
traveled to China in May of this year. Passed by the Legislature (the
Governor’s approval is not necessary).
AB
425 (Oropeza), 2002-03 Budget Act (sent to the Governor) - OPPOSE
This
is the final version of the California State Budget for 2002-03 and contains
full abortion funding. It has unrestricted
Medi-Cal funding of ~ $40 million for the killing of ~120,000 unborn children by
abortion. The budget also contains funding for abortion
industry infrastructure. Approximately $60 million are for the Genetic Disease
Testing Fund, a substantial portion of which is a "search and destroy"
program used for the detection of handicapped children with the intention of
killing them by late term abortions. Another $10 million are for the Office of
Family Planning, which subsidizes abortionists. Another $30 million are for teen
pregnancy programs, most of which are Planned Parenthood-type programs that
distribute birth control drugs and devices to minor children behind parents'
backs, thereby aiding, abetting, and facilitating statutory rape. When these
drugs and devices fail, abortion is most often the final solution. Passed
by the Legislature and Signed by the Governor.
AB
1777 (Oropeza), Assembly version of State Budget - OPPOSE
This bill was
initially the Assembly version of the 2002-2003 state
budget and contained full abortion funding. Several amendments restricting
abortion funding were put forth, but all were tabled. The Assembly passed the
bill with full abortion funding and sent it to the Senate. The Senate amended
the Assembly version by replacing it with the Senate version of the state budget
which also contained full abortion funding, passed it and sent it to the
Assembly for concurrence. The Assembly did not concur with the revised bill and
sent it to Conference Committee. Ultimately replaced by AB 425.
AB 1860 (Migden), Sexual assault:
emergency contraception - OPPOSE
This
bill requires that a victim of sexual assault shall be provided with the option
of postcoital contraception. If fertilization had occurred, such treatment
results in the chemical abortion an innocent child. Medical fact and statements
by rape victims themselves* indicate that abortion is neither
medically, emotionally, nor ethically justified; it is not in the best interest
of the woman or child. (*Rape,
Incest and Abortion: Searching Beyond the Myths, David C. Reardon, Ph.D.)
Passed by the Legislature and Signed by the Governor.
AB
2194 (Jackson), Abortion training - OPPOSE
This
bill requires resident physicians to receive abortion training to become
accredited OB/GYN doctors. If a physician opts out of such training, he risks
not being accredited and thus unable to practice in many California hospitals.
AB 2194 forces teaching hospitals that refuse to do abortions to refer students
to facilities that do abortions for those students who desire such despicable
training. Passed by the Legislature and Signed by the Governor.
AB
2248 (LaSuer), “Choose Life” license plates - SUPPORT
This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicle to issue
“Choose Life” license plates. Funds collected from these special interest
plates would be used to prevent abortions and to place children for adoption.
Failed in Committee.
ACR
(176) (Daucher), Breast cancer - OPPOSE
This
Assembly Concurrent Resolution commends the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation and urges public participation in Komen Races for the Cure. ACR 176
does not recognize the glaring disparity between the Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation’s mission statement and their contrary actions. While the
Komen mission statement is to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening
disease by advancing research, education, screening and treatment, Komen refuses
to acknowledge the link between abortion and breast cancer. In fact, affiliates
of the Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in several states have donated money to
Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in America. Passed by the
Legislature (the Governor’s approval is not necessary).