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CHARLESTON - Gov. Jim Justice added a bill to the special session call to update West Virginia's abortion laws just 30 minutes after the Legislature gaveled in today to consider a cut to the state's personal income tax rates.
Justice issued an amendment to the proclamation he issued last Wednesday calling the Legislature into special session to consider his personal income tax cut proposal.
Justice added a bill that would clarify West Virginia's abortion laws in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision last month in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that eliminated Roe. V. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey that granted and upheld a women's right to an abortion.
The bill, the details of which have not yet been released, would "ensure a coherent, comprehensive framework governing abortions and attendant family services and support to expecting mothers to provide the citizens of this State more certainty in the application of such laws," according to the amended proclamation.
"From the moment the Supreme Court announced their decision in Dobbs, I said that I would not hesitate to call a Special Session once I heard from our Legislative leaders that they had done their due diligence and were ready to act," Justice said in a statement. "As I have said many times, I very proudly stand for life and I believe that every human life is a miracle worth protecting."