By Dave Andrusko Pro-life West Virginians were shocked when Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, who campaigned as pro-life, vetoed HB 4588, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Yesterday, a coalition of pro-life groups, lead by West Virginians for Life, NRLC’s...
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West Virginia Gov. vetoes the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, pro-abortionists congratulate him for his “principled stand”
By Dave Andrusko His veto message was only 127 words long, but what West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) did when he vetoed HB 4588-- the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act—can be summarized in even fewer words. Five to be exact. He totally abandoned...
National Right to Life: Tomblin Veto is A ‘Total Abandonment’ of Unborn Children
WASHINGTON – Late yesterday, West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed HB 4588, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The bill passed both houses of the West Virginia legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support. “Governor Tomblin’s veto of the...
Do the right thing, West Virginia Gov. Tomblin: sign the bill protecting pain-capable unborn children
By Mary Spaulding Balch, JD, and Karen Cross Over the weekend the West Virginia House and Senate put the finishing touches on a hugely important bill. If Gov. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signs HB 4588-- The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act-- West Virginia’s...
West Virginia’s Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act now in hands of Senate Judiciary Committee
By Karen Cross CHARLESTON, WV – West Virginia is starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Unborn babies who are capable of feeling pain are one step closer to being protected in the Mountain State. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, HB...