A West Virginia legislative committee has advanced a resolution that would amend the state’s constitution to restrict abortion rights. The language in West Virginia’s bill is the same as Tennessee used in a 2014 amendment removing the right to abortion from its constitution. This isn’t the only legislative act under review that could change abortion laws in West Virginia, which currently has only one abortion clinic. Marquita L. Hutchens, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Charleston, West Virginia, urged lawmakers to turn their attention toward fighting unemployment, low education and drug addition instead. “Help them get the time to become educated, to become good citizens of West Virginia, to stay in West Virginia so that they can find good jobs and be productive in their states.

Source: Huffington Post February 07, 2018 18:00 UTC