Abortion bill

Only 18 of the state's 55 counties have hospital birthing centers.

For some, the push to boost West Virginia voter registration has an overriding theme. What’s consistent is that all involved want to see informed voters going to polling places in November.

Gov. Jim Justice has signed House Bill 302 into law, a measure banning abortions, with limited exceptions, in West Virginia.

Following West Virginia’s ban on abortion with few exceptions Tuesday, strong reaction has been pouring in on both sides of the contentious issue.

The West Virginia Legislature has banned abortion with some exceptions.

The West Virginia House of Delegates will be called back into special session Monday to continue the process of clarifying West Virginia’s abortion laws. The session is expected to be short and administrative and any resolution still seems a long way off.

The question of whether the state Senate can restrict recording of meetings is still open after a court hearing on Thursday.

West Virginia’s bill that would make abortion illegal in the state with few exceptions, now sits in the Senate with a third reading planned for Friday.

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a new law outlawing abortion with a few medical exceptions and in the case of rape or incest when there is a police report — as long as it is within 14 weeks.

More than 100 people signed up to speak at a public hearing Wednesday on the abortion bill.