Are American Girls Somehow Less Valuable…?

by Erin Aitcheson
Live Action News

“Are American girls somehow less valuable, or do they deserve less dignity, less worth?”

Assemblywoman Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) proffered this question to the California Assembly Health Committee on May 6, 2014 in response to the growing trend of sex-selective abortion taking place in the Golden State. Grove introduced Assembly Bill 2336, entitled the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, which would “prohibit a person from intentionally performing or attempting to perform an abortion with knowledge that the pregnant woman is seeking the abortion because of the gender of the unborn child.”

According to Breitbart, “[t]he Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act ran into opposition and was ultimately rejected by all of the Democrats on the committee, who saw the bill as a preclude to broader abortion restrictions.” One such assemblyman, Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), stated, “The way the bill is crafted, it seems to be a very significant roll-back on a woman’s right to choose and that’s not something I’m prepared to support.”

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Erin Aitcheson graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage in December of 2011 with a BA in Philosophy and a minor in English literature. She is currently attending law school at Liberty University School of Law and will receive her J.D. in May 2015. Erin has interned with Smart Girl Politics and Project HEART (Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce) with the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem Israel.