Patrick Morrissey is pro-life. He opposes abortion on demand and he supports protection for unborn children. Patrick Morrissey, as attorney general, has filed briefs defending pro-life laws across the United States. Patrick Morrissey opposes using your tax...
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What is Amendment 1 and how would it stop state funding of abortion in West Virginia?
Editor’s note. This is based on materials provided by West Virginians for Life, NRLC’s state affiliate. In 2018, the West Virginia legislature passed the resolution for Amendment 1 by a bipartisan majority of more than 2/3’s in both houses. The proposed constitutional...
Constitutional Amendment 1 to Stop State Funding of Abortion
This year, the West Virginia Legislature passed a proposed constitutional amendment, which will be on the ballot at the November election. Please vote for Amendment 1 which says: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the...
National Right to Life endorses Patrick Morrisey for West Virginia Senate, opposes Joe Manchin
WASHINGTON –National Right to Life today announced its endorsement of pro-life Attorney General Patrick Morrisey in West Virginia's U.S. Senate election. Morrisey is challenging Sen. Joe Manchin, who is seeking a second full term. "National Right to Life is pleased to...
Amendment 1 Stops Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
Editor’s note. The following is a letter to the editor written by Wanda Franz. Ph.D., president of West Virginians for Life. In a recent Letter to the Editor, a contributor wrote that we should vote no on Amendment 1. This letter is a total misrepresentation of the...
Pro-life candidates fare well in West Virginia primaries
By West Virginians for Life The brightest light in the 2018 primary election returns Tuesday was the win of Attorney General Patrick Morrisey in the Republican primary for the United States Senate. West Virginians for Life Political Action Committee (WVL-PAC) believes...
With vote in WV House, pro-life resolution SJR 12 Becomes Amendment 1
Voters will decide in November referendum Earlier today, the West Virginia House, following in the footsteps of the Senate, passed SJR 12 by a decisive vote of 73-26. As a result Amendment 1, which would return the state Constitution to a neutral position on abortion...
West Virginia House Judiciary passes SJR 12
By West Virginians for Life On Wednesday, the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee passed SJR 12 which would return the state Constitution to a neutral position on abortion and abortion funding. It reads, “Nothing in the Constitution secures or protects a right to...
West Virginia Senate overwhelmingly passes SJR 12 to rectify pro-abortion state Supreme Court decision
On Friday, the West Virginia Senate passed SJR 12 by a 25-9 vote to provide for a Constitutional Amendment on abortion funding. The Amendment would likely be up for ratification during the 2018 election cycle. The purpose of SJR 12 is to return the state Constitution...
Pro-Life Rally at Capitol to stop taxpayer funding of abortion
West Virginians for Life (WVFL) began Monday with a public hearing in the House Judiciary Committee in which Karen Cross, the WVFL Legislative Liaison, testified. The purpose of the hearing was to defend the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” (SB 417, HB 4012)...