Category: Featured

By Posted on Posted in County-wide WVFL News, Culture War, Election, Endorsement, Euthanasia, Featured, Human Interest, Politics, Press Release, Statewide WVFL News, Worldwide ProLife News No Comments

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 …

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

By Posted on Posted in Event, Featured, Human Interest, Statewide WVFL News No Comments

On November 12, 2020, West Virginians For Life presented to Dr. Wanda Franz the first ever Pro-Life Angel Lifetime Achievement Award during a tribute to her at the 22nd annual Rose Dinner. Wanda Franz, PhD is a developmental psychologist and professor emerita of child development in the Division of Family and Consumer Sciences at WV University in Morgantown. She joined the WVU Right to Life Club in 1971, as a graduate student. Dr. Franz served as President of West Virginians for Life from 1975 to 1990 and as President of National Right to Life Committee from 1991 to 2011. Dr. Franz has spoken on abortion and euthanasia across the U.S. and around the world. She …

Dr Wanda Franz receives tribute, Pro-Life Angel Lifetime Achievement Award, at 22nd Rose Dinner Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Culture War, Event, Featured, Human Interest, Legal-Courts, Legislation, Nationwide ProLife News, Politics, Statewide WVFL News No Comments

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 …

VIDEO: WV Gov. Jim Justice signs ‘The Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act’ (HB 4007) on 3/2/2020 Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Culture War, Featured, Worldwide ProLife News No Comments Tagged with , ,

Genetic counselors report sex-selection abortion qualms yet do nothing Pro-choice feminists find themselves in a quandary when they are faced with sex–selection abortions, especially when, as is usually the case, they are performed because the baby is a girl. Sadly, most feminists have chosen to overlook this obvious misogyny and support such abortions. They argue that a woman has the right to abort her child even if she is doing so solely to prevent another prenatal “woman” from being born. This seems like a blindingly obvious case of discrimination against women, but pro-choicers tend to support these abortions based on “women’s rights.” In bizarre cases, feminist groups even proclaim that fighting female feticide (i.e., abortions …

The words “It’s a girl” shouldn’t be a death sentence. Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Culture War, Featured, Nationwide ProLife News, Politics, Statewide WVFL News No Comments

Did you miss the “40 Years of Roe” event in Bridgeport sponsored by West Virginians for Life? Click below to watch the event in its entirety, streaming from the WVFL YouTube channel.

By Posted on Posted in County-wide WVFL News, Featured, General, Statewide WVFL News No Comments Tagged with ,

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 …

FREE Web Sites for WVFL State Chapters Read more »