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Share Your Love Story

We at Times Publishing Group, Inc. would like to hear about your love story.

How you met, how many years you’ve had together, how you keep the fire of romance going in tough times.

IfyouliveinAptos,Capitola,Soquel or Scotts Valley, we’d like to hear from you — by Jan. 25 for the Feb. 1 issue.

No more than 1,000 words please.

Also, we’d like a photo of the two of you — a cell phone photo actual size will reproduce well in print.

Any questions, call Jondi Gumz, your editor, at 831-688-7549 x 17 or email info@cyber-times.com. Let’s celebrate love in February! n

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“Pregnancy Loss” from page 12

Diaz-Tello continued: “These improper prosecutions only serve to target and criminalize communities marginalized by society because of their race, poverty, immigration status, and other identities. By reiterating this protection, the Office of the Attorney General is sending an important message that the State of California will not tolerate this discriminatory criminalization of people’s reproductive lives.”

Last year, Bonta filed multiple briefs in support of Ms. Perez’s work to obtain her freedom from prison. In the briefs, the Attorney General argued that pregnant individuals cannot be prosecuted or convicted under California’s statutes for murder of a fetus based on the outcome of their pregnancy.

Penal Code section 187 defines murder as “the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought.” Reference to “a fetus” was added in 1970 when the California Legislature amended section 187. Today’s alert reiterates that the Legislature did not intend to include a pregnant person’s own actions that might result in a miscarriage or stillbirth. Rather, the intent was to criminalize violence done to a pregnant person that caused fetal death. The statute expressly excludes any act that “was solicited, aided, abetted, or consented to by the mother of the fetus.”

One negative consequence of the misuse of section 187 is that individuals facing a murder charge may feel frightened or pressured enough to accept a plea for a lesser charge such as manslaughter, which also does not apply to them, in order to avoid a longer prison sentence. Today’s legal Rob Bonta alert seeks to prevent the initial charge of murder by providing clarity on section 187’s intent.

Pregnancy loss is tragically common, both for people who suffer miscarriage early in their pregnancy and for those who experience a late term stillbirth like Ms. Becker and Ms. Perez.

According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 10% of known pregnancies are lost during the first trimester while stillbirths occur in 1 in 160 deliveries in the United States. If charges and prosecutions like those against Ms. Becker and Ms. Perez are repeated, pregnant individuals may avoid medical care out of fear of prosecution.

Bonta has made the protection of reproductive rights a top priority. n • Commercial • Residential • Vacation Rental New Construction • Repair • Factory Certified •

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