Democrats in Washington show us what life would have been like under Harris

While Republicans in Washington DC are focused on making our borders strong, our government more efficient, and the world more peaceful, Washington state's Democrats are codifying death.

We all saw the pink paddle protesters during Trump’s first speech to Congress. They protested everything from helping kids with brain cancer to ending wars to making government efficient. Washington state gives us a sample of what our world would have looked like if those paddle-weilding Democrats had gotten their way another four years. Here’s what the Democrats in Washington have been doing instead of, well, anything important:

HB1215, “Removing references to pregnancy from the model directive form under the natural death act”

Democrats voted to remove protection of unborn babies when a mother is on life support. It has to do with the wording on the standard form used for people who do not wish to receive life support for prolonged amounts of time.

If at any time I should be diagnosed in writing to be in a terminal condition by the attending physician, or in a permanent unconscious condition by two physicians, and where the application of life-sustaining treatment would serve only to artificially prolong the process of my dying, I direct that such treatment be withheld or withdrawn, and that I be permitted to die naturally.

The original bill said that this directive would be void if a woman who had signed the directive were found to be pregnant. The Democrats (and only democrats) voted to remove the following caveat:

If I have been diagnosed as pregnant and that diagnosis is known to my physician, this directive shall have no force or effect during the course of my pregnancy.

If some women want to alter their own death directives to exclude protection for their unborn child, that is one thing. But why do Democrats need to remove this protection for everyone? Surely some women who sign such directives might want to keep this protection in place and give life to their unborn children.

SB5093 “Concerning dignity in pregnancy loss”

In this bill, senators are going to repeal RCW 9.02.050 which says:

Every person who shall endeavor to conceal the birth of a child by any disposition of its dead body, whether the child died before or after its birth, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

It seems this would make it easier for abortionists to dispose of the bodies of babies they kill through partial-birth abortion. Perhaps Democrats want to sanction infanticide?

The bill also seeks to the take the bodies of women who died during an abortion away from the jurisdiction of the county coronor or medical examiner.

“The jurisdiction of bodies of all deceased persons who come to their death in [long list of ways including abortion] is hereby vested in the county coroner or medical examiner.” For some reason, Democrats don’t want the bodies of women who may have died through the negligence or malpractice of abortionists to be under the jurisdiction of the county coroner or medical examiner.

They want to remove the wording “where death results from a known or suspected abortion” from the list of causes of death that would make it so that the body of the deceased should be kept by the coroner or medical examiner. Essentially, they are strengthening protections for abortionists, thereby making abortion more dangerous for women.

SB5517 “Codifying emergency rules to protect the right of a pregnant person to access treatment for emergency medical conditions in hospital emergency departments”

Translation: “Forcing hospitals to perform abortions and treat the life of the mother as more important than the life of the child.”

Here’s the pertinent wording that the Democrats are going to add to the law. (Please note the euphamism “reproductive health care” and the use of the phrase “pregnant person,” indicating that Washington Democrats still think that men can get pregnant):

The legislature finds that access to reproductive health care is a long-established right in Washington state. The people of Washington have repeatedly affirmed this right, and it is the legislature's responsibility to ensure that our residents have access to care that puts patients first regardless of federal actions. Pregnant patients have been able to rely on federal protections when they seek emergency medical care, but due to renewed uncertainty at the federal level, the legislature must provide these rights in state law so that pregnant patients in Washington state have the strongest protections when seeking care…

If termination of the pregnancy is the treatment that is consistent with the applicable standard of care, the hospital must provide such treatment following and as promptly as dictated by the standard of care or, if authorized by law, transfer the patient to another hospital capable of providing the treatment, with the informed consent of the patient. Neither the continuation of the pregnancy nor the health of any embryo or fetus shall be a basis for withholding care from the pregnant person, and neither the continuation of the pregnancy nor the health of any embryo or fetus shall be prioritized over the health or safety of the pregnant person absent the informed consent of the pregnant person.

In other words, Democrats are telling doctors that, by law, they must do everything they can to save the woman, even if it means killing the healthy unborn child who has a higher chance of surviving than the mother does. If it’s a choice between the mother and the baby, choose the mother at all costs.

SB5632 “Protecting the confidentiality of records and information that may be relevant to another state's enforcement of its laws”

Translation: Protecting information about residents of another state who come to Washington to get an abortion.

A state or local agency, commission, board, or department, or any employee or agent thereof, acting in their official capacity, shall not cooperate with or provide information to any individual, agency, commission, board, or department from another state or, to the extent permitted by federal law, to a federal law enforcement agency, for the purpose of enforcing another state's law or an investigation related to another state's law that asserts criminal or civil liability for the provision, receipt, attempted provision or receipt, assistance in the provision or receipt, or attempted assistance in the provision or receipt of protected health care services that are lawful in the state of Washington.

It’s nice to know that at least the other Washington is doing things to make our lives better.