Bill Text: WV HB2468 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Making it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent of both parents
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-15 - To House Health and Human Resources [HB2468 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2017-HB2468-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2017 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2468
By Delegate Sobonya
[Introduced February 15,
2017; Referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §61‑2‑8a, relating to making it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent of both parents or legal guardians; and providing a penalty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §61‑2‑8a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.
§61‑2‑8a. Transporting a minor across state lines for an abortion; penalty.
A person who transports a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion, without the written consent of both parents or the legal guardians of the minor, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, or confined in jail not more than six months, or both fined and confined.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make it a misdemeanor to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent by both parents or her legal guardians.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
