Senate Bill No. 460
(By Senators Love and Barnes)
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[Introduced January 28, 2008; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto
a new section, designated §61-2-8a, relating to making it illegal to
transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without written
consent from both parents; and providing a criminal penalty for violation.
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 §61-2-8a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.
§61-2-8a. Transporting a minor across state lines for an abortion; penalty.
A person who transports a minor across state lines in order to obtain an
abortion, without the written consent of both parents or the legal guardians of
the minor, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or
confined in jail not more than six months, or both fined and confined.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make it illegal to transport a minor across
state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent by both parents, or
the legal guardians of the minor, and providing a misdemeanor penalty for a
violation.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been
omitted.