CALIFORNIA'S PROP 12 IS UNDER ATTACK...AGAIN!
In 2018, Callifornia passed Prop 12 to stop the sale of products from animals forced to live in extreme confinement. Specifically, Prop 12 targets hens housed in battery cages, calves housed in veal crates, and sows housed in gestation crates.
Since the passage of Prop 12, the animal agriculture industry has gone on the offensive trying to repeal it.
Most recently, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit challenging Prop 12, the proposed "Farm Bill 2.0" contains language that could undo it, and a federal bill called "Save the Bacon Act" was introduced as well. All have the intention to undo animal protection laws like Prop 12.
This isn't the first time Prop 12 has been under attack. In 2024, a proposed amendment to the FARM Bill would have given the federal government sweeping powers to override state animal protection laws. This initiative failed.
States should have the autonomy to pass their own animal protection laws and not be pressured by private industry groups.
If Prop 12 is repealed, it could set a precendent that animal protection laws could be overturned and may have implications for other laws like California's fur ban, New York's puppy mill ban, and New Jersey's ban on selling cosmetics tested on animals.
You can make a difference - contact your members of Congress today. Lawmakers need to hear about issues that are important to you.
