H. B. 2942
(By Delegate Sumner)
[Introduced February 10, 2003; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article two-b, chapter sixteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section five,
relating to requiring that any person seeking an abortion
provide two forms of identification, one of which must be a
valid governmental form of identification.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two-b, chapter sixteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section five,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2B. FAMILY PLANNING AND CHILD SPACING.
§16-2B-5. Identification required from persons seeking abortion.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any
person seeking an abortion in this state shall provide at least two
forms of identification, one of which must be a valid governmental
form of identification.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted
to endorse, allow, permit, or approve of any abortion.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that women who
seek an abortion must provide two forms of identification, one of
which must be a valid governmental form of identification.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.