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Historic Night in WV as Amendment 1 Passes and Successful Endorsements Allow for Biggest Pro-Life Gains Yet

Amendment 1 historically passed statewide with 5,878 voters making the difference. Legislative Coordinator for the WV Alliance for Ethical Health Care, Mary H. Tillman, JD, said, “The WV Alliance for Ethical Health Care, West Virginians for Life, and organizations that advocate for the rights of persons living with disabilities celebrate the successful passage of Amendment 1. Following the strong example of our legislators who voted by overwhelming majorities, the voters of WV have now also shown their belief that all lives in our beautiful state, regardless of age or ability, will be respected and protected from the dangers of medically-assisted suicide. West Virginia becomes the first state in the United States of America to proactively protect all its citizens and health care institutions from the dangerous trend of assisted suicide by a state constitutional amendment.”

Of the 113 races in which the West Virginians for Life PAC (WVL-PAC) endorsed candidates, a 95% success rate has been realized. West Virginia, not surprisingly, gave all four of its electoral votes to Donald Trump on November 5. WVFL President Wanda Franz, Ph.D., said, “West Virginia is a national leader in its support for the conservative pro-life values of former President Donald J. Trump, who represents the values of WV families.”

With 69% of the vote, Jim Justice won the US Senate seat left open by Joe Manchin’s departure. First District Congressional incumbent Carol Miller retained her seat for a third term. In the Second Congressional District, Riley Moore defeated his opponent by a margin of 71%-29%. This completed a pro-life sweep of the entire slate of federal candidates.

The WVL-PAC enjoyed wins in all six statewide races. Patrick Morrisey won the governorship with 69% of the vote. JB McCuskey will be the new Attorney General ensuring that pro-life legislation will be defended if challenged. Kris Warner easily won the Secretary of State seat. Mark Hunt will be the State Auditor. Kent Leonhardt will remain Agriculture Commissioner.

Of the 16 Senate races in which endorsements were made, 15 were winners. Thirty-three of 34 senators will be supporting pro-life policies.

WVL-PAC can report only five losses in the endorsed State House races. With a net gain of +6 pro-life seats, 87 of the 100 members of the State House will be pro-life as the next legislative session begins in February 2025.

In conclusion, Wanda Franz, Ph.D., WVL-PAC president, said: “West Virginians for Life is proud of its overwhelming success in supporting pro-life legislators and we look forward to working with them in the upcoming session.”

West Virginians for Life, the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee, is the state’s largest pro-life group with more than 30 local pro-life chapters. West Virginians for Life works through education, legislation, and political action to protect those threatened by abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, and assisted suicide.

Governor Signs 2nd Chances at Life Act

Please take a moment to call Senator Manchin and thank him for taking such a strong stand on keeping the filibuster. Call 202.224.3954.

Please visit WVSpeaks.com to find other urgent bills pertinent to the pro-life movement for which Senator Manchin’s vote may be the determining factor.

This was volunteer James Gomez in 2020 explaining to WV Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt how the Land on the Green challenge works. “If your tee shot lands on the green, you win a hat or shirt of your choice.” Leonhardt will be participating again in 2021.

West Virginians for Life Looks Forward to Seeing Golfers at PCC on July 10 for the 9th Golf FORE Life Tournament

    The beautiful course at Preston Country Club will be host to the most fun WVFL event of the year in just 10 short weeks.

    The First place foursome wins four $100 Visa gift cards. Second and Third place teams win vouchers for golf merchandise. The Putting Contest winner receives a $100 Lowe’s gift card. Many other prizes await the winners of the longest drive, longest putt, and closest to the pin challenges among others. A brand new car is yours with a hole-in-one on #18.

    If you’ve never eaten the mouthwatering offerings from Mountain State BBQ, you are in for a treat!

    The price has been lowered to $70 per golfer/$280 per foursome. What are you waiting for?

Register now to attend the 50th National Right to Life Convention!

    Join pro-lifers from around the country this year in Herndon, VA, June 25-26, for the 50th National Right to Life Convention! Check out the website for info on the speakers. Schedules are coming soon.

    Register today and book your hotel through the website for exclusive rates.

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice Has Signed “Second Chances at Life Act”

By Mary Anne Buchanan, WVFL Communications

    West Virginians for Life (WVFL) is pleased that Gov. Jim Justice signed the Second Chances at Life Act of 2021 on Wednesday, April 28. 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 the first pill, but not the second.

    There was no formal ceremony due to Covid.

National Right to Life Political Director Karen Cross with Disability Rights Activist Melissa Ortiz

Ortiz to Keynote 23rd Annual Rose Dinner

    Melissa Ortiz is a disability rights activist whose personal story is well worth hearing on Thursday, November 11, 2021, at the Holiday Inn, Morgantown.

    Having served in a position under President Trump, Ortiz has several more accomplishments in addition.

Calendar of Events
  • May 1, 2021 (Saturday) – Ohio County Chapter of WVFL’s Walk-for-Life; Call 304-639-0410 for details
  • June 12, 2021 (Saturday) – Board Meeting, Clarksburg
  • June 26, 2021 (Saturday) – Upshur County Chapter of WVFL’s Walk-for-Life; Call 304-472-3434 for details
  • June 25-26, 2021 (Friday-Saturday) – National Right to Life Convention, Herndon, VA
  • July 10, 2021 (Saturday) – 9th Annual Golf FORE Life Tournament at Preston Country Club, Kingwood
  • October 9, 2021 (Saturday) – State Pro-life Convention, Trinity Assembly of God, Fairmont
  • November 11, 2021 (Thursday) – 23rd Annual Rose Dinner, Holiday Inn, Morgantown

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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:

National Right To Life News Today

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Senate Democrats Trash Amy Coney Barrett: The Right to Kill Babies in Abortions “is at Stake”

Democrat senators backed by the pro-abortion movement blasted U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a threat to Roe v. Wade on Monday during her Senate confirmation hearing.

Planned Parenthood favorites Sens. Kamala Harris, of California, and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, especially tried to drum up fear by claiming women’s rights are at stake. And by women’s rights, they mean abortion on demand. Barrett believes in “the value of human life from conception to natural death.”

“People are scared right now … because they know what a future without the protections of Roe v. Wade looks like,” Booker said at the hearing. “Without Roe v. Wade, our country looks like people being denied the ability to make decisions about their own bodies, not just while they are pregnant but being stripped of the right to plan for their future.”

Barrett is President Donald Trump’s choice to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an idol of abortion activists who died in September. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Barrett would solidify a strong 6-3 conservative majority on the high court.

Pro-life advocates hope and abortion activists fear that Barrett could lead to the undoing of Roe v. Wade and help restore protections for unborn babies.

Read more at lifenews.com!

Joe Biden Wins Super Tuesday, Will Force Americans to Fund Planned Parenthood

Pro-Abortion Joe Biden Wins Big in Super Tuesday States, Finishes Ahead of Bernie Sanders

“Joe Biden, the former pro-abortion Vice President, is winning big … on Super Tuesday, as he is pulling in more delegates than fellow abortion activist Bernie Sanders. Biden won the Virginia and North Carolina Democratic primaries along with contests in Alabama and Tennessee.

“Biden is finishing in many states ahead of Sanders and holds leads in Massachusetts and Oklahoma as well as Arkansas and Minnesota, while Sanders won his home state of Vermont as well as Colorado.

“Sanders hopes to be able to collect a large number of delegates from California and Texas and, with 37% in, Sanders holds a lead in Texas at this time. California has yet to report any results as of this writing.

“Biden has been boosted by two of the top candidates pulling out and supporting him. First Pete Buttigieg dropped out on Sunday. On Monday, Amy Klobuchar called it quits.

“The pro-abortion Democrat presidential candidates have ended their campaigns to coalesce around pro-abortion former Vice President Joe Biden. They want to prevent abortion activist Bernie Sanders from becoming the nominee….”

Read more at lifenews.com

Pete Buttigieg Celebrates Woman Killing Her Baby in an Abortion. Her Story “Lifts Us Up”

Mayor Pete celebrated the death of an unborn baby Sunday with abortion activists in Nevada.

Buttigieg, the former South Bend, Indiana mayor and Democrat presidential candidate, met privately with supporters of the abortion chain Planned Parenthood near Los Vegas, Breitbart reports.

During the event, Buttigieg praised a woman for sharing her abortion story with him. The woman reportedly told him that she had an abortion in college, and, afterward, she struggled with feeling criticized and ridiculed for her abortion choice, according to reporters who attended the event.

Buttigieg thanked the woman for telling her abortion story, calling it “a reminder of how we are all lifted up when we honor individual freedom and support,” the report states. He also promised to force taxpayers to fund abortions if elected president.

Make no mistake, what Buttigieg and Planned Parenthood actually celebrated on Sunday was the death of an unborn child, not a right or a freedom, and a struggling young mother who should …

Read more at lifenews.com

Your Help Is Needed NOW!

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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

Fox Opts for Drag Queen Super Bowl Ad Over Abortion Survivors

While Fox Sports aired advertisements starring drag queens during Super Bowl commercial breaks, the network wouldn’t allow a 30-second commercial highlighting survivors of abortion.

The ad does not use the word “abortion” or any overt political statements. Instead, it features various individuals, all survivors of abortion, asking questions including: “can you look me in the eye and tell me that I shouldn’t be alive?”

Watch the ad now (below), and read more at The National Pulse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1YciyJG3WQ

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WAPO: At the March for Life, Trump … greeted as a pro-life hero — because he is one

History is being made on Capitol Hill this week. No, I’m not talking about the presidential impeachment trial; that’s been done before. I’m talking about President Trump’s decision to become the first U.S. president to speak in person at the March for Life.

It’s hard to overstate how important this development is. No president has ever attended the March for Life — not Ronald Reagan, not George H.W. Bush, not my old boss, George W. Bush. They all addressed the marchers remotely, via telephone or satellite link. The arrangement always seemed absurd. The marchers were on the Mall, literally in sight of the White House. Why not go out and join them? But despite the best of efforts of many inside previous administrations, none did.

The message to pro-life conservatives was clear: They were the black sheep of the Republican coalition. Their presence was tolerated because their votes were needed. But while Republican presidential candidates couldn’t win the nomination without declaring themselves pro-life, the GOP establishment not-so-secretly loathed pro-lifers. The prevailing attitude was: There they go again, making people uncomfortable by talking about abortion.

Pro-lifers took the scraps they were thrown from the GOP table because they had nowhere else to go. In today’s Democratic Party, abortion is no longer treated as a necessary evil but as something to be embraced and even celebrated. In 2018, for example, New York’s Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo, lit up One World Trade Center — the Freedom Tower — to celebrate the passage of a new law that removes most restrictions on abortion, even in the third trimester.

Pro-life Democrats have all but disappeared on Capitol Hill, and the Democratic orthodoxy today is taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand up to the moment of birth. Dissent from that orthodoxy is not tolerated. For more than 40 years, former vice president Joe Biden supported the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funding for abortions. He said that as a Catholic, he was personally pro-life and that “those of us who are opposed to abortion should not be compelled to pay for them.” But in 2020, that isn’t good enough. Biden, campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, caved in to the pro-abortion radicals last June, abandoned his principles and embraced taxpayer funding.

Given their lack of other options, pro-lifers accepted their second-class-citizen status in the GOP. Then along came Trump, a man who doesn’t care what the Republican establishment thinks. He has embraced the pro-life movement in a way no other president has. In 2018, he became ….

Read more at washingtonpost.com.