Washington advances bill enabling official secrecy around suspicious infant deaths

Washington advances bill enabling official secrecy around suspicious infant deaths

The proposed legislation, which is now sitting on the governor’s desk, eliminates the longstanding crime of concealing the birth of a child and significantly limits a coroner’s ability to look into unexplained infant deaths, including during botched abortions. In early April, the Washington State legislature passed a bill that will make it make it more difficult for the government to investigate or prosecute infanticide and sex trafficking. Demo…