Author Archives: WVFL Chapters

Revival in the WV House of Delegates! | NRL News Today

CHARLESTON, WV – Unborn babies who are capable of feeling pain won a great victory in the West Virginia House of Delegates today. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.B. 4588) passed out of the House Health and Human Resources Committee without debate on February 17, 2014.

This legislation will protect West Virginia’s unborn babies who can feel pain from a gruesome death by dismemberment or other horrific late abortion techniques. Substantial medical evidence demonstrates the baby’s ability to feel pain is present by 20 weeks of life.

After being double-referenced to two committees in the House, The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.B.4588 – formerly H.B.2364) was essentially dead in committee – just as in years past.

The bill experienced a revival on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, when a Motion to Discharge the committee reference was offered by… [read more via Revival in the WV House of Delegates! | NRL News Today].

Viral Video of Baby in Amniotic Sac Questions Abortion, Shows Humanity of Unborn Babies | LifeNews.com

A video that has recently gone viral on Facebook with over 195,000 shares that depicts a pre-born baby inside of its amniotic sac. The video has sparked massive discussion on social media about the humanity of the unborn, legality of abortion, and reality of what life in the womb looks like. Some commenters on these social media outlets have speculated that the baby was delivered as the result of an auto accident, although we could not confirm this. Read more at LifeNews.com.

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16 Teens Rescued From Sex Trafficking in Super Bowl Sting | LifeNews.com

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It’s the ugly side of the Super Bowl – the reality that America’s most popular sporting event is also likely America’s biggest day for sexual slavery. The day that sells the most tickets and the most coveted ad spaces is also the day that results in the most sales of little girls and women, at prices inflated to match the expense of the event. In a cruel outplay  of the economic reality of “supply and demand,” it is not only local pimps who make a big profit – women and girls from all over the country are often brought in to the destination city to ensure that travelers for the big game have enough “side entertainment” available. Read more: 16 Teens Rescued From Sex Trafficking in Super Bowl Sting | LifeNews.com.

Birth Control Mandate In Health Care Law Blocked Hours Before Implementation | Family Policy of WV

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has thrown a hitch into President Barack Obama’s new health care law by blocking a requirement that some religion-affiliated organizations provide health insurance that includes birth control.

Read the full article: Birth Control Mandate In Health Care Law Blocked Hours Before Implementation | Family Policy of WV.

Former Billy Graham writer to lead Family Policy Council of West Virginia | Family Policy of WV

Billygraham-420x280The Board of Directors of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia has formally named Allen Whitt as the new President of the state’s leading faith-based public policy organization. Whitt is a former media writer and consultant for Dr. Billy Graham. He also served as Assistant to the President for Dr. James Dobson while at the international radio ministry Focus on the Family. Whitt is returning home to Appalachia after winning several pro-life and pro-family legislative victories in his roll as the Director of Policy for the Montana Family Policy Council. He is the successor to Jeremy Dys who pioneered the post for six years. Dys, now Senior Counsel for the Liberty Institute based in Dallas, TX, continues the fight for freedom by litigating cases to restore religious liberty according to the vision of the founding fathers. Chairman of the Council’s Board of Directors Jim Larrita, said, “Opposition groups on the left have recently… [Read more at the Family Policy of WV website.

FREE Web Sites for WVFL State Chapters

Wanda Franz, President, West Virginians for Life

Wanda Franz, President, West Virginians for Life

Pastor Doug Joseph, Harrison County West Virginians for Life

Pastor Doug Joseph, Harrison County West Virginians for Life

Harrison County WVFL is pleased to announce WVFL Chapters, a website network intended to house sites for each local chapter of West Virginians for Life. The network is the brainchild of Pastor Doug Joseph, of Clarksburg, working in conjunction with Linda Oldack (Harrison County chapter president), also of Clarksburg, and Wanda Franz (WVFL statewide president), of Morgantown. Joseph recently joined the Harrison County chapter’s planning committee, and there it was mentioned that their local chapter was then without any web presence. Joseph, who has extensive experience in web development (as well as in graphic arts), had recently built such a site network for his statewide church organization (the WV District of the United Pentecostal Church International), while he was head of their district missions department (he is now presbyter, serving the section covering north-central WV and the northern panhandle). That network made it possible for the department to offer web services to their member churches. Knowing the same technology could work here, Joseph offered the idea to Oldack at the monthly planning meeting. Soon afterward, Oldack discussed the idea with Franz. Tentative plans are for Joseph to present the full details of the concept to Franz and others in Morgantown, demonstrated by showing a working model of the Harrison County site, which could then be duplicated and edited as needed to create other chapter sites.