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H. B. 2482
(By Delegates Sobonya and Border)
[Introduced February 15, 2013; 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 §18A-2-15,
relating
to prohibiting school employees from counseling, referring,
transporting or assisting any student to obtain an abortion;
providing a violation of the section is a misdemeanor; and
providing that nothing in the section may be construed as
approving of abortion.
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 §18A-2-15, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
§18A-2-15. Employees prohibited from promoting abortion.
_____No person employed by, compensated by or providing any services for the state board or any county board may counsel,
refer, transport or assist any student to obtain an abortion as
part of or in relation to their employment. Any person who
violates this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $200 or confined
in jail for a period of not more than six months. Nothing in this
section may be construed to endorse, allow, permit or approve of
any abortion.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit all employees of
the State Board of Education or any county board from counseling,
referring, transporting or assisting any student to obtain an
abortion. The bill provides a violation of its provisions is a
misdemeanor.
This section is new; therefore, it has been completely
underscored.
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