Category: Statewide WVFL News
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Florida’s “Unborn Victims of Violence Act” takes effect
“If one baby is saved then that just means everything.” She added, “I really hope this will save the lives of mothers and of babies and that no other parent like myself … will ever have to deal with this pain ever again.” Read more at NationalRightToLifeNews.org
West Virginia Legislature Passes Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks | LifeNews.com
The West Virginia legislature has approved a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and the measure is now headed to the governor for a signature. The bill now sits on the desk of Democratic Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, who describes himself as pro-life. 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 had to concur with the Senate changes before …
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West Virginia on Its Way to Being 11th State To Protect Unborn Babies Who Can Feel Pain
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 …
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West Virginia House Panel Passes Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks | LifeNews.com
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].
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 …
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Update on Pain Capable Child Protection Act
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 …