SENATE
HOUSE
JOINT
BILL STATUS
STATE LAW
REPORTS
EDUCATIONAL
CONTACT
home
home
Introduced Version Senate Bill 644 History

   |  Email
Key: Green = existing Code. Red = new code to be enacted
Senate Bill No. 644

(By Senator Guills)

____________

[Introduced February 12, 2008; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

____________




A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §16-2L-1, relating to prohibiting state or county funds used for transportation of persons for any phase of abortions.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §16-2L-1, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2L. NO STATE-FUNDED TRANSPORTATION FOR ABORTION ACT.
§16-2L-1. Prohibition against reimbursement by state or county.

The state and counties may not pay or reimburse any person, business, organization or other entity for transporting any person to schedule, arrange or procure an abortion. This section may not be construed or interpreted to condone, permit, allow or endorse any abortion.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the state or any county from reimbursing any person the cost of transportation for an abortion.

This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring are omitted.
This Web site is maintained by the West Virginia Legislature's Office of Reference & Information.  |  Terms of Use  |   Email WebmasterWebmaster   |   © 2024 West Virginia Legislature **


X

Print On Demand

Name:
Email:
Phone:

Print