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You don鈥檛 have to be pro-life to oppose infanticide. You just have to be a decent human being. But in Washington state, decency is apparently too much to ask from Democratic lawmakers who just passed a bill that effectively decriminalizes the concealment of a baby鈥檚 death 鈥� even if that baby took a breath, suffered, and died because no one bothered to help.

Substitute (SSB 5093) repeals the crime of concealing a birth and guts the authority of coroners to investigate suspicious infant deaths unless there鈥檚 an obvious, provable crime attached. Democrats are disguising it as a measure about 鈥渄ignity in pregnancy loss.” It’s not. It amounts to a state-sanctioned shield for traffickers, abusers, and anyone else looking to cover up a dead infant.

Unless a baby is clearly murdered with intent and there’s a smoking gun, no one’s allowed to ask questions. That鈥檚 not compassion. That鈥檚 enabling murder.

Washington Democrats are helping conceal murder, neglect of children

Representative Brian Burnett鈥攁 former sheriff and someone who鈥檚 seen the dark reality of human trafficking up close鈥攖ried to sound the alarm.

Burnett shared the harrowing testimony of his adopted daughter, a survivor of sex trafficking who was impregnated multiple times as a minor by her abusers. She miscarried, was forced to abort, and even gave birth without knowing what happened to her own babies.

That鈥檚 the world this bill just helped protect. Because under SSB 5093, those same traffickers now have legal cover to dump a baby鈥檚 body and walk away clean 鈥� as long as there鈥檚 no immediate evidence of a crime. Good luck building a case without the ability to investigate.

鈥淪ometimes a baby is born and neglected and dies; I mean it鈥檚 horrible stuff,” State Rep. Jim Walsh (R-Aberdeen) explained to . “The reason the law should stay on the books is it gives prosecutors and cops a tool for investigating these situations where a baby is born and dies and make sure there is no criminality involved.鈥�

This is how you decriminalize third trimester and post-birth abortion

Democrats claim this is about protecting women from being prosecuted for miscarriages. That鈥檚 a lie. No one in Washington state is being thrown in jail for having a miscarriage. Good luck finding one case.

This was never about moms 鈥� it鈥檚 about making sure the people responsible for dead babies aren鈥檛 investigated, including when those babies are the product of trafficking, abuse, or botched abortions. But from a party that defends third trimester abortions, this is hardly surprising. But it is disgusting.

Indeed, this effectively legalizes late term abortion because the bill strikes a coroner’s jurisdiction when 鈥渄eath results from a known or suspected abortion鈥� or where death is due to premature birth or still birth.”

This bill effectively legalizes third trimester abortion

If a baby dies from a premature birth, abortion, or stillbirth, coroners are no longer automatically empowered to investigate. Unless law enforcement already suspects 鈥渧iolence鈥� or 鈥渦nnatural鈥� circumstances, there is no mechanism to even look into what happened.

Let鈥檚 say a woman undergoes a third-trimester abortion at 34 weeks, the baby is born alive, gasping for air, and no care is rendered 鈥� the baby dies. Under SSB 5093, the coroner is not allowed to step in. There鈥檚 no autopsy. No criminal probe. No accountability. It鈥檚 a dead infant and a closed case.

There is also no clause in this bill鈥攏ot one line鈥� requiring a doctor or anyone to render aid to a baby born alive during an abortion or premature labor.聽There is no viability threshold. No gestational limit. No requirement for care.

That means a fully formed, viable infant 鈥� 30, 35, even 39 weeks 鈥� can be born during a failed abortion or preterm delivery, and under this bill, that infant can be left to die without a single government official being allowed to ask what happened. This is ghoulish.

Vulnerable victims are a casualty of Washington Democrats

Republicans tried to fix the bill. They introduced amendments that would have at least preserved the ability for coroners to investigate if there鈥檚 reason to believe the baby was born alive and then neglected. Democrats said no. They voted against allowing investigations into whether a live infant died due to neglect. Why? Because that might interfere with the unrestricted, unaccountable right to end a pregnancy at any stage鈥攅ven after the baby is born.

This isn鈥檛 just anti-life. It鈥檚 anti-justice.

SSB 5093 strips law enforcement and prosecutors of an important tool to protect the most vulnerable victims in our society 鈥� babies and trafficked women. And it sends a clear message to pimps and abusers: do what you want, the state of Washington won鈥檛 ask questions.

Supporters insist this is about removing 鈥渙utdated鈥� laws. Funny how the law protecting newborns suddenly became 鈥渙utdated鈥� right when abortion extremists needed cover for a post-Roe panic.

Will Governor Bob Ferguson have the guts to do what’s right?

You can be pro-choice and still have a soul. You can believe in access to abortion and still think that when a baby is born and dies under suspicious circumstances, someone should at least ask what happened.

But the pro-abortion extremists running Washington state don鈥檛 see it that way. For them, this is a win. A dead baby isn鈥檛 a tragedy鈥攊t鈥檚 an inconvenience. And now the bill heads to Governor Bob Ferguson鈥檚 desk. Will he have the spine to veto it?

SSB 5093 doesn鈥檛 bring dignity to pregnancy loss. It brings darkness, secrecy, and the disturbing reality that in Washington state, babies can be born, die, and be swept under the rug without anyone daring to ask why. But they call this progress.

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