SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A central California woman charged with murder after delivering a stillborn baby who tested positive for methamphetamine may be released on reduced bail as her lawyers argue that the state s homicide law does not apply to pregnant women, a position backed by California s attorney general.
Chelsea Becker, 26, has been in a Kings County jail since her arrest in November 2019, unable to raise $2 million bail. A judge is expected to consider Tuesday whether to release her to an out-of-county treatment center pending trial. She has pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors say the case is about stopping a woman who has repeatedly abused narcotics while pregnant, resulting in two other babies who tested positive for meth at birth.
Judge may release woman on bail who was charged with murder after giving birth to stillborn baby
March 9, 2021 / 4:57 AM / AP
A central California woman charged with murder after delivering a stillborn baby who tested positive for methamphetamine may be released on reduced bail as her lawyers argue that the state s homicide law doesn t apply to pregnant women, a position backed by California s attorney general. Chelsea Becker, 26, has been in a Kings County jail since her arrest in November 2019, unable to raise $2 million bail. A judge is expected to consider Tuesday whether to release her to an out-of-county treatment center pending trial. She has pleaded not guilty.
Is Abortion Essential Health Care? Nope.
Hendrik van der Breggen, Author
Retired Associate Professor of Philosophy, Providence
Some influential politicians (e.g., Joe Biden and company) claim that abortion is essential health care.
But is it true? Is abortion “essential health care”?
If we’re talking about the general practice of abortion in the U.S. and Canada, then the claim that abortion is essential health care is false.
Below I set out three reasons to show it’s false. (For reasons 2 and 3 I am greatly indebted to insights from Nathan Apodaca, a writer for the Human Defense Initiative and for the Life Training Institute.)
A central California woman charged with murder after delivering a stillborn baby who tested positive for methamphetamine may be released on reduced bail as her lawyers argue that the state's homicide law does not apply to pregnant women, a position backed by California's attorney general.
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