Like the magic that allowed Cinderella to go the ball, the 2022 regular legislative session ended at midnight (technically Sunday) and took with it a whole host […]
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Missouri might outlaw abortions done out of state
The assault on women’s reproductive rights in state legislatures across the country has ramped up since the Supreme Court signaled in December that it might uphold a […]
Senate passes HEPC funding bill, DHHR division bill and others in long Friday session
MORGANTOWN – During a long Friday, the Senate made short work of a series of House bills dealing with higher education funding, splitting the Department of Health […]
Senate approves anti-CRT bill and bill to prohibit abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate on Wednesday approved bills dealing with Critical Race Theory in schools and abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome. Wednesday was Crossover […]
15-week abortion bill advances without rape, incest exceptions
The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed overwhelmingly a bill that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks. The Republican-led House approved, by 81-18, HB 4004. […]
Three Mon County Democrats present bills to repeal abortion restrictions enacted in recent years
MORGANTOWN – Three Monongalia County Democratic legislators are introducing bills to repeal various abortion restrictions enacted in recent years. They announced their bills at a Monday press […]
W.Va. Legislature jumps on abortion ban bandwagon
Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, the West Virginia Legislature is jumping on the anti-abortion ban bandwagon. Mimicking Mississippi’s law — which awaits judgment from the U.S. Supreme Court […]
Will this anniversary of Roe be the last?
by Carla Hall Today marks the 49th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade that guaranteed the right to an abortion. Will it be […]
That stench? It’s the Supreme Court’s funeral pyre for women’s rights
by Robin Abcarian It was impossible to listen to the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over a restrictive Mississippi abortion law without wondering how a woman who has […]
Forcing teens to have babies wouldn’t be good for Republicans
For nearly 50 years, the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling has protected a woman’s right to an abortion. It also protected many politicians’ careers. Lawmakers who […]
