When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, several states had trigger laws or old laws that immediately went into effect. Ohio is one of the former: A trigger law banning abortions at six weeks took effect within hours of the court’s ruling. Three days later, a pregnant 10-year-old girl ...
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday that a special session to clarify state abortion law will come “very very very soon.” His statement comes on the heels of a Thursday memorandum from Attorney General Patrick Morrisey detailing the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court ...
MORGANTOWN — The U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade prompted comments for and against from politicians and groups across the state. Here is a sampling: Sen. Joe Manchin “I am deeply disappointed that the Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. It has been ...
MORGANTOWN — The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, returning authority on abortion law to the states. President Biden is calling on Congress to again federalize abortion law, but unless and until that happens, the question for West Virginia ...
Just two days before the U.S. EPA released its new health advisory levels for four members of the PFAS chemical group, the Legislative Oversight Commission on State Water Resources reviewed a report prepared for the state Department of Environmental Protection by the U.S. Geological Survey. ...
MORGANTOWN – A recent legislative look at a group of potentially hazardous chemicals – called PFAS – in West Virginia's drinking water supply coincided with a U.S. EPA health advisory announcement lowering the recommended levels of PFAS. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has been a Senate ...