In a recent letter addressed to Newsom, bill AB 2223 will change a California law "in a way that radically undermines protection for newborns," and if signed, "will allow certain forms of infanticide."

Introduced by Assembly member Buffy Wicks, the proposed bill would do away with its current infanticide law which makes it a crime to kill a baby that was born within a year. 

If Newsom goes ahead and signs into a law, the bill would erase the requirement for a county coroner to hold inquests to investigate perinatal deaths "related to or following known or suspected self-induced or criminal abortion."