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Bill That Creates Criminal And Civil Penalties For Medical Abortions Clears Senate
A bill that imposes both a possible civil and criminal penalty for prescribing or providing abortion medications to unlawfully terminate a pregnancy has now cleared the West Virginia Senate.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBill Removing Autonomy For Teens To Make Own Health Care Decisions Clears Senate
Senate Bill 719 would change the ability of West Virginia teens to access things like birth control or STD testing without their parents consent or knowledge.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBill Targeting Trans People Clears Senate
The first of a flurry of bills addressing gender and biological sex has passed the upper chamber. Senate Bill 456 defines...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSenate Health Committee Advances Bill To Ban Gender Affirming Care
Gender dysphoria is a feeling of distress that can happen when a person's gender identity differs from the sex assigned at birth. Some, but not all, transgender people have gender dysphoria at some point in their lives. ...
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