Changing Hearts & Minds in Monongalia County WV

“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.”

—Ronald Reagan

State President's Blog

The President of West Virginians for Life is Wanda Franz, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Child Development and Family Studies at West Virginia University. She is also the past president of the National Right to Life Committee, a position she held for 20 years. The "President’s Corner" contains her letters and up-to-date commentary....

County President's Blog

In addition to serving as statewide President for West Virginians For Life, Dr. Wanda Franz also serves as President of the Monongalia County (WV) Chapter, which is active in myriad aspects of the Pro-Life cause, ranging from publicity to fundraising to organizing grassroots efforts to influence legislation. Read more....

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Supreme Court blocks Texas from enforcing parts of pro-life H.B. 2 | NRL News Today

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Requirement that abortion facilities meet ambulatory surgical center standards blocked and exemptions given to two abortion facilities on requirement that abortionists have admitting privileges within 30 miles.

“With three justices dissenting, the Supreme Court tonight blocked parts of H.B. 2, the 2013 omnibus pro-life bill, from taking effect. Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Clarence Thomas, and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said they would have allowed the entire law to be enforced.”

Read more: Supreme Court blocks Texas from enforcing parts of pro-life H.B. 2 | NRL News Today.

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

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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 to eliminate baby girls) is “anti-feminist.” An example is this… [read more at NationalRightToLifeNews.org]

Election Day is coming soon. Ready? Let us help!

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McKinley-Candidates-Karen-Wanda Election Day is only about a month away, and we hope you are ready. Let #wv4life‬ help you to get there in this edition of the ‪#WeeklyUpdate‬

Planned Parenthood will not appeal Missouri law extending reflection period from 24 hours to 72 hours

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Many hundreds of pro-life citizens came to the Missouri State Capitol chanting “Override, override, override…”

When pro-abortionists were arguing against a new Missouri law that increased the time of reflection after counseling before an abortion can be performed from 24 hours to 72 hours, they insisted HB 1307 was unconstitutional. Undeterred (as NRL News Today reported last month), the legislature overrode a veto by Gov. Jay Nixon with the law taking effect this Friday. Guess what? Pro-abortionists have chosen not to appeal the “”onerous” and “burdensome” law! Read more at NationalRightToLifeNews.org

Florida’s “Unborn Victims of Violence Act” takes effect

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3d-ultrasound “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

Hillary Clinton Shows She Has No Idea What the Hobby Lobby Ruling Was About | LifeNews.com

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Hillary Clinton is the clear frontrunner at this very early point in the 2016 presidential race and, after the midterm elections, the pro-life movement will undoubtedly bring up a laundry list of her pro-abortion actions and comments. Here is something that will undoubtedly be added to the list.

hillaryclinton8The potential presidential candidate proves in her response to the Supreme Court’s decision protecting Hobby Lobby from the Obama HHS mandate that she really has no fundamental understanding of what the case was about.

John McCormack of the Weekly Standard breaks it down… [read more at LifeNews.com].

These Pro-Abortion Protestors Have No Clue Hobby Lobby Already Covers Contraception | LifeNews.com

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Clueless Protestors

The main issue in the Hobby Lobby case the Supreme Court decided yesterday was whether or not it and other businesses run by owners with pro-life values would be able to opt out of having to pay for abortion-causing drugs under the Obama HHS mandate. But to hear it from the pro-abortion side, Hobby Lobby and pro-life advocates supposedly want to ban contraception. Click to watch pro-abortion supporters at the Supreme Court demonstrate they have no idea what was at stake in the Supreme Court case. As Kelsey Harkness of the Daily Signal writes, “Although caricatured as anti-contraception, Hobby Lobby already provides coverage for 16 of the 20 drugs mandated by Obamacare. Outside the… [Read more at LifeNews.com].

Editor’s Notes:

The protestor’s sign reads “Access to Birth Control – #Not My Boss Business” [sic]. Yet by very definition, that for which I am required to pay, as a business owner, is exactly “my business.” Paying for abortifacient drugs (i.e. that cause abortion) is against my religious convictions and conscientious scruples, and therefore it is wrong to require my closely-held corporation (for instance, a family-owned business) to pay for it. So agreed the US Supreme Court.

When it comes to the so-called “right” to murder their unborn children, the loonies croon over how “the Supreme Court gives them the right!” Yet when the SCOTUS rules in favor of protecting religious freedom, suddenly the loonies say the Supreme Court are “#@$%& idiots!” (The implied expletives are not any “exaggeration for effect”; the expletives they’ve actually used in their public tweets are far too crude for us to even hint at here.)

West Virginia Legislature Passes Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks | LifeNews.com

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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 final passage, 83-15… [Read more at LifeNews.com.]

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

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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 had to concur with the Senate changes before final passage, 83-15.

On February 11, a Motion to Discharge the committee was brought by House Minority Leader, Delegate Tim Armstead, on the same day as the annual Pro-Life Rally & Day at the Legislature.  While galleries full of pro-life constituents watched, the vote ended in a 48-48 loss.  Two Democrats crossed party lines to support the discharge of the bill: Delegates Rick Moye and Jeff Eldridge.  However, the very next day, the bill was revived and eventually passed the House overwhelmingly by a 79-17 margin.

The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act will protect West Virginia’s unborn babies, who can feel pain, and asserts a compelling state interest in protecting the unborn child from pain.  Scientific research demonstrates that unborn babies can feel pain beginning by at least 20 weeks after conception.  “It is important that West Virginia has asserted its legitimate concern for the well-being of these innocent babies by protecting them from pain,” said Wanda Franz, President of WVFL.

West Virginia will now join eight states where the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act went into effect without being challenged in the Courts.  In two states, the law has been enjoined and challenged in state courts.

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 35 local pro-life chapters. West Virginians for Life works through education, legislation and political action to protect those threatened by abortion, infanticide and euthanasia.

Pro-abortion schizophrenia finds a new expression: Birthing Center/Abortion Clinic | NRL News Today

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Samuel Armas, who was 21-22 weeks old when doctors operated to close the lesion on his spinal column. Photo by Michael Clancy.

When you read pro-abortion blogs, there is always—always—plenty of material to add to your “you can’t make this stuff up” folder. Here’s the latest, although by the time I post this story, something new will undoubtedly be… [read more at NRL News Today].