Gov. Jim Justice signed House Bill 302 into law Friday, a measure banning abortions, with limited exceptions, in West Virginia. wvpublic
In his Friday coronavirus briefing, Justice called the signed bill the “protect life” law. He said he wanted the legislature to bring him a bill that contained “reasonable and logical” exceptions.
“I believe wholeheartedly that it does one thing that is absolutely so important,’ Justice said. “It does protect life.” West Virginia had a law on the books banning abortion since before it became a state. The original code was enacted in 1849. The state’s lone abortion clinic, the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, joined a group of reproductive rights activists in quickly filing suit to have that 19th century law enjoined. They said subsequent laws passed addressing abortion exeptions made the old law moot.
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