“As Senator Melissa Melendez and Senator Shannon Grove asked about the specific meaning and implications of the bill text, Wicks struggled to answer or didn’t answer at all. She constantly asked the attorneys and doctors from the bill’s sponsors, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, for help. But their long rambling answers didn’t clearly answer the questions either. After the hearing Senator Melendez tweeted, ‘AB 2223 is the worst bill I’ve seen. Ever.’ This was Melendez’s last Senate Health Committee hearing with term limits ending her 10-year legislative career. She went out with a bang.” – California Family Council, July 7, 2022