West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed into law today a ban on abortions at all stages of pregnancy. The ban has exemptions for medical emergencies and for rape and incest victims until 8 weeks of pregnancy for adults and 14 weeks for children.
“I said from the beginning that if WV legislators brought me a bill that protected life and included reasonable and logical exceptions I would sign it, and that’s what I did today,” Gov. Jim Justice said. | Scott Halleran/Getty ImagesRepublican Gov. Jim Justice on Friday signed into law a ban on abortions at all stages of pregnancy, making West Virginia thesince the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling overturning its constitutional protection.
“I said from the beginning that if WV legislators brought me a bill that protected life and included reasonable and logical exceptions I would sign it, and that’s what I did today,” he said. The bill requires abortions to be performed by a physician at a hospital — a provision that at least two Republican lawmakers have said was intended to shut down abortions at the Women’s Health Center, which has provided the procedure since 1976 and was the state’s sole abortion clinic. Providers who perform illegal abortions can face up to 10 years in prison.
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