A final vote there is expected Saturday on the bill, which includes exceptions for rape and incest. Takubo said the bill already would subject a physician to the difficult loss of their license for performing an illegal abortion. On July 18, a Charleston judge barred the state from enforcing the ban, ruling it had been superseded by a slew of conflicting modern laws such as a ban on abortion after 20 weeks. Jim Justice called the special legislative session to consider an abortion ban. ___For AP’s full coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on abortion, go to https://apnews.com/hub/abortion.

Source: thestar July 29, 2022 20:44 UTC