WEST virginia legislature

2018 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4264

By Delegates Ellington, Fleischauer, Longstreth And Pushkin

[Introduced January 23, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to repeal §61-2-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the penalty for performing an abortion.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

§61-2-8. Abortion; penalty.

[Repealed]

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal a section of the code which was declared unconstitutional in Doe v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc., 529 F.2d 638 (4^th Cir. 1975).

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.