Fri Sep 16, 2022 – 2:36 pm EDT
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (LifeSiteNews) — West Virginia’s Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Friday signed into law a sweeping pro-life law banning nearly all abortions in the Mountain State with narrow exceptions.
The news comes just days after the Republican-led legislature voted overwhelmingly to pass the measure, which prohibits abortion from the moment of implantation except to save the life of the mother or for babies conceived in rape or incest. Abortionists who violate the law could face the revocation of their medical license or felony charges and up to 10 years in prison.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice said he has signed the abortion bill passed in the West Virginia Legislature on Tuesday, Sept. 13. https://t.co/bDuzBs9YAr
— WOWK 13 News (@WOWK13News) September 16, 2022
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Gov. Justice, who promised to “always defend the right to life for very unborn child,” affirmed Friday that the bill he signed will protect the lives of preborn West Virginians.
“It has come to my desk, and I want to tell you right now exactly, I have done exactly, what I
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