WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2022 THIRD EXTRAORDINARY SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 303

By Delegates Pushkin, Hansen, Young, Thompson, Doyle, Barach, Fleischauer, Pethtel, Hornbuckle and Skaff

[Introduced July 26, 2022; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to repeal §61-2-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to making it a crime to intentionally cause an abortion or miscarriage.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

§1. Repeal of section creating a crime to intentionally cause an abortion or miscarriage.

That §61-2-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to remove a superseded section of the Code.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.