HB3199 removes the requirement that a “termination of an ectopic pregnancy” be reported in West Virginia.
The House passed HB3199 on February 14, 2023, by a vote of 65 to 31. We have assigned pluses to the nays because the care of human life—not its destruction—is the greatest responsibility of government. West Virginia ought to forbid abortion entirely and uphold the sanctity of life for every person, especially preborn children. The right to life is the most fundamental, God-given, and “unalienable” right asserted in the Declaration of Independence and protected by the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.