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Category Archives: Legislation
West Virginia House Passes Pro-Life Bill Saving Babies From Abortion
By MARY ANNE BUCHANAN
The Second Chances at Life Act (HB 2982/SB 609) successfully passed in the West Virginia House of Delegates today by a bipartisan 83-15 vote. Passage followed a 19-5 vote in the House Health Committee on March 16 and a 22-3 vote in the House Judiciary Committee on March 18.
The Second Chances at Life Act next moves to the Senate Health Committee.
West Virginia is well on the way to becoming the 11th state to have this law in place. The other ten states are Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Arizona whose original law was repealed and replaced with weaker language.
Sponsored by Delegate Kayla Kessinger, the bill will require that a woman be informed that the effects of the chemical abortion pill can be reversed to save her baby, if she changes her mind after taking it. House cosponsors include Delegates Trent Barnhart, Jordan Bridges, Adam Burkhammer, Josh Holstein, Laura Kimble, Todd Longanacre, Margitta Mazzocchi, Jeff Pack, Jonathan Pinson, and Terri Sypolt.
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“West Virginians for Life thanks those Delegates who voted for the bill in support of women seeking abortions by providing them with additional information so they can make a truly informed decision,” stated WVFL President, Dr. Wanda Franz, Ph.D.
Contrary to critics, the bill does not tell physicians how to practice medicine, or place obstacles on women seeking abortions. But it does save babies: To date over 2,000 babies have been saved nationwide by the Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) protocol.
The American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a 2,500-member OB-GYN medical group, supports knowledgeable health care providers offering the Abortion Pill Reversal protocol to women who regret initiating the abortion pill process.
The APR involves use of progesterone to reverse the effects of the Mifepristone. Progesterone is a natural element in the woman’s body required to retain her pregnancy. As such, it does no damage to the baby. It has been used for 50 years in infertility clinics to help women retain their pregnancies.
In West Virginia, chemical abortions account for more than 40% of abortions.
A woman or girl wanting to save her baby once the chemical abortion process has started should contact a health care professional at abortionpillreversal.com or call 877-558-0333.
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Also, many thanks to the following sites for sharing the 2nd Chances at Life Act Update:
VIDEO: WV Gov. Jim Justice signs ‘The Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act’ (HB 4007) on 3/2/2020
West Virginians For Life introduced and backed this legislation. We’re thrilled it’s now law, and that WV is yet again making nationwide news with pro-life leadership. Join us: wvforlife.org/membership — Better yet, step up to Rose Society Membership while you’re there! — Already a member? Give here: wvforlife.org/donate
Note: It’s newsworthy that our WV legislators succeeded in bipartisan passage of the very thing federal lawmakers can’t even bring to the floor: actionable protection for babies who survive abortionists’ best efforts to kill them. The Mountain State’s leadership continues to be noticed, and we’re genuinely influencing other states with pro-life values. We’ve got to keep a pro-life President in office and a pro-life majority in the Senate, to keep getting better judges & justices on the bench at all levels. Your pro-life support and vote are needed now more than ever.
WV makes nationwide news again with pro-life leadership
The Christian Post’s national headline reads: “W.Va. governor signs law requiring doctors to help babies born alive after abortion.” It’s newsworthy that our WV legislators succeeded in bipartisan passage of the very thing federal lawmakers can’t even bring to the floor: actionable protection for babies who survive abortionists’ best efforts to kill them. The Mountain State’s leadership continues to be noticed, and we’re genuinely influencing other states with pro-life values.
One of my WV friends responded with, “This is good, but how about we outlaw abortion…period!” That’s definitely the goal. Legal challenges are certain, however, and they would wind up at the U.S. Supreme Court’s door. So long as we lack a majority of justices willing to overturn Roe, each opportunity that SCOTUS turns away from tends to actually make it worse (for example, consider the new “undue burden” standard crafted by the 1992 Casey ruling). Even just last summer the high court overturned dismemberment abortion ban laws such as ours—a WVFL victory, passed in 2016, now wrongfully deemed unconstitutional and unenforceable.
Overturning the bad precedents of Roe is doable, but it will require a willing court. Sadly, indications are it’s not there yet, but we’re making headway. We’ve got to keep a pro-life President in office and a pro-life majority in the Senate, to keep getting better judges & justices on the bench at all levels. Your pro-life support and vote are needed now more than ever.
Click here to read the C.P. article.
Join us: wvforlife.org/membership
Better yet, step up to Rose Society Membership while you’re there!
Already a member? Give here: wvforlife.org/donate
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To NRLC state affiliates and chapters,
We assume you know and understand the connection between ratification of an Equal Rights Amendment and its likely effect of nullifying all pro-life laws enacted at the state and federal levels. A vote will be held in the U.S. House of Representatives next week (Feb. 12 or 13, we believe) on a resolution that seeks to remove, from the 1972 ERA, the seven-year deadline for states to ratify. According to the current theories of some ERA proponents, the effect of Congress passing this resolution, by simple majority votes and without the President’s signature, would be to immediately make the ERA part of the U.S. Constitution.
We have heard that many, many House members are not yet aware of the anti-Life implications of enacting the 1972 ERA. Please push your people to call their House member now! They are hearing from the pro-abortion/pro-ERA activists. They must hear from us: Vote NO on the ERA resolution, House Joint Resolution 79 (H.J. Res 79). If your U.S. House member is usually a reliable pro-life vote, do not assume they will vote with us on this. They may not have accurate information so need to hear from you.
This link, http://cqrcengage.com/nrlc/app/make-a-call?3&engagementId=506178, will provide you with a phone number to your Representatives office and talking points to use for the conversation.
Please disseminate this information to your grassroots activists ASAP and get those calls going!
For LIFE,
Carol Tobias, NRLC President
Douglas Johnson, NRLC Senior Policy Advisor
Jennifer Popik, JD, NRLC Legislative Director
PS. Late-breaking legislative and legal developments on the ERA are often reported first — and from an ERA-skeptical perspective — on the Twitter handle @ERA_No_Shortcuts
Babies Born Alive After Abortion Can be Left to Die in 16 States
Excerpts:
Family Research Council today released a first-of-its-kind set of maps showing the strength of born-alive abortion survivor protection laws and the legal status of late term abortion in every state. Protections for born-alive abortion survivors became a national conversation when New York and Illinois walked back their protections earlier this year, removing existing protections for infants born alive during failed abortion attempts.
According to research conducted by Family Research Council, only fifteen states provide strong protections for born-alive abortion survivors, and only eight require reporting on infants who survive abortion. The maps also show which states have no laws protecting born-alive abortion survivors, which states allow abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, and some surprising differences between those lists.
Sixteen states have no laws protecting born-alive abortion survivors: Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia.
Twenty-two states allow abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, either directly or indirectly: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.
Quena González, Director of State and Local Affairs at Family Research Council, said this was a direct result of what he called the “wave election” of 2010:
“The 2010 election cycle saw a record number of state-level Republicans elected. Many of them were pro-life, and as their majorities in legislatures and statehouses across the country continued to increase throughout the Obama administration, they enacted pro-life laws at a record pace.
West Virginians For Life is proposing new state legislation for the upcoming session that would outlaw leaving a baby to die after he or she survives an abortion.
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VIDEO: CBS interview with National Right To Life’s Karen Cross
CBS News had the following to say about their interview with Karen Cross, who articulated well some key facts about abortion, the US Constitution, and the warped view of the 1973 SCOTUS that invented “out of whole cloth” a so-called “constitutional right” to abortion for any reason, at any time up until birth:
“Anti-abortion advocate on plan to challenge Roe v. Wade“
“CBS News spoke to Karen Cross, the political director of National Right to Life, the oldest anti-abortion rights group in the country. Cross said she doesn’t believe the Constitution includes the right to an abortion, and said her group is trying to pass laws that could overturn Roe v. Wade.”
Click below to watch the video clip:
VIDEO: Recent State Pro-Life Laws – James Bopp, Jr. J.D. at NRLC Convention 2019
VIDEO from “Recent State Pro-Life Laws-Idealist or Pragmatic: Pursuing an Effective Legal Strategy to Protect the Unborn and Overturn Roe v. Wade”- Taken from a workshop given at the National Right to Life Convention in Charleston, South Carolina on July 6th, 2019.
CBS, NBC May Join Netflix and Disney in Boycotting Georgia After It Banned Abortions
From LifeNews.com: “In recent years, Georgia has become something of a second home for Hollywood as the state has opened itself up to filmmakers. But ever since the state took a stand to defend the lives of the unborn, the liberal elites on the other side of the country have demanded Georgia bend to their will or face a boycott. The CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News not only hyped the boycott Thursday, but they also touted that their parent companies might join in.” Click to read more!
CBS, NBC May Join Netflix and Disney in Boycotting Georgia After It Banned Abortions
