H. B. 3126
(By Delegates Sobonya, Stephens, Rowan,
C. Miller, Craig and Reynolds)
[Introduced January 9, 2008; 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 §18A-2-14, 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 the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding
thereto a new section, designated §18A-2-14, 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.