Category: Legislation

By Posted on Posted in Legislation, Statewide WVFL News No Comments

25 Canyon Road, Morgantown, WV 26508 ~ 304-594-9845 ~ wvforlife@labs.net ~ wvforlife.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, March 9, 2014 For more information: John Carey, WVFL Legislative Coordinator (304) 276-1803 Dr. Wanda Franz, WVFL President (304) 599-0768 GOVERNOR’S SIGNATURE LAST STEP IN WEST VIRGINIA BECOMING THE 11th STATE TO PROTECT UNBORN BABIES WHO CAN FEEL PAIN  West Virginians for Life (WVFL) is pleased to report that the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, HB 4588, passed in the West Virginia Senate on the final day of the session, Saturday, March 8, by a vote of 29-5. The Senate approved an amended version of the bill, which had been passed earlier by the House of Delegates.  The House …

West Virginia on Its Way to Being 11th State To Protect Unborn Babies Who Can Feel Pain Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Legislation, Politics, Statewide WVFL News No Comments Tagged with

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 … [read more via West Virginia House Panel Passes Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks | LifeNews.com].

By Posted on Posted in Legislation, Politics, Statewide WVFL News No Comments Tagged with

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 …

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

By Posted on Posted in From the Chapter President, Legislation, Statewide WVFL News No Comments Tagged with

Last week was our annual West Virginians for Life Day at the Legislature in Charleston. The capitol is a very beautiful, but it is sick inside. We had hundreds of people there to encourage our representatives to “Vote to Discharge” a bill from our Health Committee. The bill is the Pain Capable Child Protection Act, written to stop abortion after twenty weeks post-fertilization. It failed to make it out of committee by a vote of 48 to 48. Any bills written by West Virginians for Life are noted into law, if they can get out of committee. That is where they get us every time. (They have been doing this for 29 years.) We got word …

Update on Pain Capable Child Protection Act Read more »

By Posted on Posted in County-wide WVFL News, General, Legislation, Nationwide ProLife News, Statewide WVFL News, Worldwide ProLife News No Comments Tagged with

Three medical specialists discuss the science of preborn children experiencing pain during an abortion procedure. House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 1, currently considered in the Special Session of the Legislature, establish the state’s interest in protecting the lives of preborn children who feel pain. Dr. Paul Liu, Dr. Ingrid Skop, and Dr. Greg Bonnen all speak to the behavioral and physiological evidence confirming that …. [Read more via Video: Medical Experts Confirm Unborn Children Feel Pain During Abortion | LifeNews.com.]

By Posted on Posted in Culture War, General, Legislation, Nationwide ProLife News, Politics No Comments

WASHINGTON (January 16, 2014) – Yesterday, the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved NRLC-backed legislation to permanently prohibit subsidies for abortion in federally funded health programs. [Read more…]