H. B. 2052
(By Delegate Blair)
[Introduced January 11, 2006 ; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto
a new section, designated §16-2F-10, relating to prohibiting a business or
organization from performing abortions in a public facility; and providing for
a penalty.
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 section, designated §16-2F-10, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2F. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED ON UNEMANCIPATED
MINORS.
§16-2F-10. Abortions prohibited in public facility; penalty.
A business or organization that performs abortions may not use any public
facility. Any business or organization that knowingly uses a public facility for
abortions, as determined by the applicable board of health, shall be fined not
less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit businesses or organizations from
using a public facility to perform abortions; and providing for a penalty.
This section is new; therefore, Strike-throughs and underscoring have been
omitted.