Brooke County’s Wellsburg Bridge Finalist For National Transportation Award
One year ago, thousands of West Virginians and Ohioans gathered at the Ohio River to celebrate the op...
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Roe v. Wade
A Capitol Mural Controversy, Chronic Absenteeism And Two Years Post-Roe, This West Virginia Week
On this West Virginia Week, we mark two years since the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which protected access to abortion nationally. We discuss how that’s changed reproductive health care in the Mountain State.
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More young people are seeking and following through with permanent contraception procedures.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUs & Them: The Geography Of Abortion
State borders are now all important in determining access to abortion. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, West Virginia’s only abortion clinic has moved across the border to Maryland to continue providing abortions.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Against W.Va. Abortion Ban: Women's Health Center Of West Virginia v. Sheth
West Virginia abortion providers and advocates filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court challenging multiple provisions of HB 302, the state’s near-total abortion ban passed in 2022.
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Us & Them: Post-Roe Mountain State
The landscape of abortion law is changing. On this episode of Us & Them, we consider what will happen in West Virginia in a post-Roe world?
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPlease Pass The Politics
In the run-up to the 2022 Midterm Elections, the Us & Them dinner party crew finally met face to face! They disagree on many things, including the 2020 Election and January 6. It’s not a surprise that there was plenty of conversation about the Supreme Court’s ruling over abortion access. After 2 years of COVID-19 social distance, the crew gathered like a family around one table, breaking bread, talking politics and trying to understand their differences.
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