As we like to say in West Virginia, thank goodness for Mississippi (and Alabama). Otherwise, the Mountain State would be dead last in everything. As it stands, […]
Tag: reproductive health care
IVF: Compromise isn’t out of reach
Belatedly, Alabama lawmakers have passed a bill protecting access to in vitro fertilization. The measure came two weeks after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos […]
Abortion access is popular. Legislators want to ban it entirely
There is a vocal group of extreme anti-abortion West Virginians, but despite their outsized presence in the Capitol’s halls, they are a statistical minority. Several polls show […]
Feb. 11 letters to the editor
Lawmakers can do more to protect women I fail to understand how our Legislature continues to get it so wrong! The women of West Virginia should […]
Fleischauer moves on
Former West Virginia Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer announced this week that she will not be running for office this year. Instead, she has taken a position with […]
Jan. 7 letters to the editor
On abortion, Hoppy just doesn’t get it “The data show that [post-Dobbs anti-abortion legislation] has prevented abortions within the state boundaries, but it has not stopped women […]
The Supreme Court should not curtail access to abortion pill
by Lisa Jarvis The U.S. Supreme Court next year will decide whether more restrictions should be placed on mifepristone, part of a two-drug regimen for medication abortion. […]
‘Pro-life’ politicians sell a fantasy. Here’s reality
Pro-life politicians are the world’s best salesmen. They sell the fantasy of every baby born perfect, with 10 fingers and 10 toes and scrunched pink faces and […]
Mooney supports culture wars over national security
Monday morning, Rep. Alex Mooney proudly sent out a press release announcing his support for Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s months-long, single-handed blockade of hundreds of military promotions over […]
Tennessee’s strict abortion law stopping woman from having more children
by Jennifer Shinall Over the New Year’s holiday, my husband and I received the surprise of our lives: a positive pregnancy test. The pregnancy was unplanned, but […]