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H. B. 2228
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto
a new article, designated §16-2K-1, relating to prohibiting subsidies to
entities that perform abortions. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2K. SUBSIDIES PROHIBITED TO ENTITLES WHICH PERFORM ABORTIONS.
§16-2K-1. Subsidies prohibited to entities which perform abortions
Any entity, organization, business or individual that performs abortions or that
assists or contributes to the performing of any abortion shall receive no
subsidy or financial assistance or any kind of assistance from the State of West
Virginia or from any of its counties or from any of its municipalities, except
those payments that are necessary to meet the minimum requirements of the law.
(By Delegates Lane, Walters, Armstead, Sumner and Porter)
[Introduced January 16, 2007; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding
thereto a new article, designated §16-2K-1, to read as follows:
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Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted to condone, permit,
allow 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.