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Committee Shelves California Bill That Would End Mandated Domestic Violence Reporting by Medical Workers

Legislation to remove mandatory requirements for doctors and other health practitioners to report suspected domestic violence was shelved by a California senate committee on Aug. 11. Assembly Bill 2790 would remove criminal liability for ...

August 12, 2022BY Jill McLaughlin
California Bill to Prevent Some ‘Pregnancy Loss’ Prosecutions Advances

SACRAMENTO—A proposed bill that the author said would protect women against criminal prosecution following the death of their ...

April 20, 2022BY Vanessa Serna
California Assembly Committee Passes Bill That Could Legalize Infanticide

SACRAMENTO—A proposed bill to bar criminal prosecution into the suspicious death of an unborn or newborn baby was ...

April 5, 2022BY Vanessa Serna

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