The lawsuit describes multiple aspects of the anti-abortion law as “irrational,” adding that the law unconstitutionally restricts people’s right to make decisions about their own reproductive health.
Roe v. Wade, only allowing exceptions for rape or incest, or to save the life of a pregnant person.
If a person becomes pregnant as a result of rape, they must obtain an abortion within eight weeks, a timeframe in which many people may not even be aware they are pregnant. They are also required to alert police to their sexual assault before they can get an abortion. The law only allows children who are victims of rape to get an abortion within 14 weeks of becoming pregnant.
The law also requires abortions to be performed in a hospital or by a doctor who has hospital admitting privileges, which has never been required by the state at any point in history, either before or after“At no point did the Legislature consider or receive any testimony or evidence linking the Hospitalization or Privileges Requirements to any legitimate interest in the health or safety of abortion patients,” the lawsuit states, noting that one lawmaker even “acknowledged their purpose was to...
The health clinic is asking for courts to block the law and for an immediate injunction on the law’s enforcement while the outcome of the lawsuit is being determined. The law is “inflicting irreparable harm on the ability of [Women’s Health Center of West Virginia] to fulfill its professional mission and purpose to provide reproductive health care that respects patients’ choices, including the decision not to continue a pregnancy to term,”
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