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How A Pro-Life Ballot Amendment Threatens Democrats’ Senate Chances In West Virginia
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| Contributor | Poll Vaulter |
| Last Edited | Poll Vaulter Sep 28, 2018 10:34am |
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| News Date | Friday, September 28, 2018 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In 1993, West Virginia’s Democrat-controlled legislature passed a bill prohibiting state funding for elective abortions. The law was immediately challenged in court. In Women’s Health Center of West Virginia v. Panepinto, the state Supreme Court ruled that the West Virginia Constitution both secures the right to an abortion, and requires the state to fund it. Since then, deep-red West Virginia has been forced to fund elective abortions with tax dollars. The state has spent roughly $10 million on 35,000 abortions over the years.
Amendment 1, passed by the legislature in March and now up for approval by voters in November, would amend the West Virginia Constitution, rendering it neutral on abortion and invalidating Panepinto. Legislators modeled their effort after a similar measure in Tennessee, which voters approved in 2014. The amendment’s text is simple: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects the right to an abortion or requires the funding of abortion.” |
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