WV SB87 | 2021 | Regular Session

West Virginia Senate Bill 87 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-10 - To Health and Human Resources
Pending: Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

The purpose of this bill is to enact the West Virginia Human Life Protection Act. The bill makes abortion and attempted abortion felony offenses except in cases where abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious health risk to the unborn child's mother. The bill provides that a woman who receives an abortion will not be held criminally culpable or civilly liable for receiving the abortion. The bill makes legislative findings. The bill defines terms.

Title

Enacting WV Human Life Protection Act

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-10	Senate	To Health and Human Resources
2021-02-10	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2021-02-10	Senate	To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2021-02-10	Senate	Filed for introduction

Subjects

Crime
Health

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	2Q	1	New Code	See Bill Text
16	2Q	2	New Code	See Bill Text
16	2Q	3	New Code	See Bill Text
16	2Q	4	New Code	See Bill Text
16	2Q	5	New Code	See Bill Text
16	2Q	6	New Code	See Bill Text
16	2Q	7	New Code	See Bill Text
16	2Q	8	New Code	See Bill Text

West Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=87&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB87%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=87