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Introduced Version Senate Bill 140 History

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Senate Bill No. 140

(By Senators Guills, Deem and Sypolt)

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[Introduced February 11, 2009; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §16-2L-1, relating to prohibiting subsidies to entities that perform abortions.

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 article, designated §16-2L-1, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2L. SUBSIDIES PROHIBITED TO ENTITIES WHICH PERFORM ABORTIONS.

§16-2L-1. Subsidies prohibited to entities which perform abortions.

Any entity, organization, business or individual that performs, assists, or contributes to the performing of any abortion shall receive no kind of assistance, including financial assistance, from the State of West Virginia or any of its counties or municipalities, except those payments necessary to meet the minimum requirements of the law.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to condone, permit, or endorse any abortion.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit subsidies to entities that perform abortions.

This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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