Changing Hearts & Minds in Wayne County WV

“It is a poverty to decide that a ‘child must die,’ so that you may live as you wish....”

—Mother Teresa

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

Linda Carver is president of the Wayne County chapter of West Virginians For Life. Linda is passionately determined to see change in the culture regarding abortion and other areas affected by the "culture of death" around us, and she is excited by all the progress that has been made. Join her in support of the basic rights of all human beings. Click here for life-changing info....

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

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Missouri chamber

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

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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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.

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

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logo_NEW_red
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 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.

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

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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

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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].

Update on Pain Capable Child Protection Act

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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 last night that they are going to allow a “reconsideration” of the bill, tomorrow. Please pray. Pray for the pro-life delegates to be bold and unyielding. Pray that Satan’s plans will be thwarted and that the enemies will be confused. Every year that pro-life bills die in committee, babies are dying from inaction. I thank God for what He is going to do. Thanks.

To see a video explaining scientific support for the fact that preborn babies are capable of feeling pain early in the gestation period, click here.

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

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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.