West Virgina – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

19 Aug

Abortion pill campaign targets rural West Virginia, Kentucky gas stations

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Advertisements promoting the abortion pill will be at gas stations across West Virginia and Kentucky over the next few weeks. Mayday Health, a New York-based health education nonprofit, will run the ads at 104 rural gas stations through Sept. 7. The campaign started Aug. 11.

Court Allows West Virginia to Restrict Abortion Pill Mifepristone

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A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia can limit access to mifepristone, a medication used to end early pregnancies.

A West Virginia prosecutor is warning women that a miscarriage could lead to criminal charges

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Amid a constantly changing reproductive landscape, one West Virginia prosecutor is warning people who have miscarriages in his state that they could get in trouble with the law. Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Tom Truman says that although he personally wouldn’t prosecute someone for a miscarriage, he made the suggestion out of an abundance of caution after hearing from other prosecutors.