After Banning Abortions, West Virginia Gov Signs Bill for $3 Million to Help Pregnant Moms
West Virginia’s pro-life Governor Patrick Morrisey conducted a bill signing ceremony at Cross Point Church in Beckley, West Virginia,, on May 29.
One of the key pieces of legislation that West Virginians for Life (WVFL) supported, SB 537, allows for expansion to The Support for Mothers and Babies Act, which was established in 2023 under legislation passed while current US Senator Jim Justice was governor. The new amendments permit funding to eligible pregnancy help organizations (PHO) for capital expenditures; expenditures associated with adding additional services; expenditures associated with meeting the requirements established by relevant licensing, accreditation, or standards setting organizations; and training expenditures for pregnancy help organization staff and volunteers. $3 million has been set aside for the PHOs thanks to the West Virginia legislature.
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Gov. Morrisey said, “The goal behind that money and this bill is to give organizations that help pregnant women greater flexibility in using their funds. What a good, noble cause.”
Another bill signed by Gov. Morrisey was HB 2871, which amends the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2005/ That bill stated that a pregnant woman and the embryo or fetus she is carrying in the womb constitute separate and distinct victims. HB 2871 expands the vehicular homicide offense to include aggravated vehicular homicide.
A third bill signed by Gov. Morrisey, HB 2123, addresses children already born by modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse. The bill increases the penalties for a parent or guardian convicted of child abuse resulting in injury or neglect causing the risk of injury from one to five years in prison to two to 10 years in prison.
West Virginians for Life Raleigh County Chapter Leader Hilda Shorter, a leader for over three decades in the movement, was privileged to attend and stated, “I was blessed to be with Gov. Morrisey today. It was a great day in West Virginia for the babies and children who are abused!!”
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