H. B. 3100
(By
Delegates Sobonya, Hall and Blair)
[Introduced
February 21, 2003; referred to the
Committee
on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article two, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new
section, designated section fourteen, 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
article two, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section,
designated section fourteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
§18A-2-14. 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. 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, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.