West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Thursday celebrated the passage of three bills he said protect and defend life 人妖色情片渁t all stages.人妖色情片 Morrisey held the ceremonial bill signing for Senate Bill 537, House Bill 2123 and House Bill 2871 at CrossPoint Church in Beckley, West Virginia.
人妖色情片淲est Virginia has a proud history defending the sanctity of life for a long, long time, and I人妖色情片檝e been very humbled to be an important part of that, serving as the first pro-life attorney general in state history,人妖色情片 Morrisey said. 人妖色情片淎nd before I left, we were still busy defending the state人妖色情片檚 pro-life law in the Fourth Circuit. That人妖色情片檚 still pending, and we人妖色情片檝e been working constantly to try to keep expanding the provisions to protect innocent life.人妖色情片
expands the state人妖色情片檚 Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program. The legislation allows the program to use state funds to cover new expenditures including new land and buildings, additional services for mothers, and staff training, Morrisey said. The Legislature also allocated $3 million for the program.
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The West Virginia Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program was established by House Bill 2002, signed by former Gov. Jim Justice during the 2023 legislative session.
State lawmakers passed a law making abortion illegal with narrow exceptions in in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe V. Wade. The program provides funding for 人妖色情片減regnancy support organizations人妖色情片 except those 人妖色情片渢hat performs, prescribes, refers for, encourages or promotes abortion as an option for a pregnant woman.人妖色情片
increases the penalties for a parents or guardians convicted of child abuse resulting in injury or neglect causing the risk of injury from one to five years in prison to two to 10 years in prison. The bill had unanimous support in both the and in the
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expands the vehicular homicide offense to include aggravated vehicular homicide and clarifies that victims can include embryos and fetuses. The bill was also passed unanimously by both chambers of the Legislature.
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