{"id":89160,"date":"2016-03-01T10:08:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=89160"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:53:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:53:56","slug":"west-virginia-passes-dismemberment-abortion-ban-can-override-possible-veto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/west-virginia-passes-dismemberment-abortion-ban-can-override-possible-veto\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia passes dismemberment abortion ban, can override possible veto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Monday, the West Virginia House of Delegates voted 86-13 to ban the dilation & evacuation abortion procedure, also known as dismemberment abortions.<\/p>\n

The bill passed the Senate earlier in February and now heads to Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s desk. Tomblin is expected to veto it, as he has past pro-life bills, but the legislature can and likely will override his veto, which only requires a simple majority vote for non-fiscal legislation in the state.<\/p>\n

Dismemberment abortion bans<\/a> are a growing trend in pro-life legislative efforts. The D&E method, which gained the “dismemberment” moniker due to the fact that they involve pulling a preborn child apart one limb at a time in the womb, is common in second-trimester abortions.<\/p>\n

The ban carries no threat of fines or incarceration, but violations would be punished with possible loss of an abortionist’s medical license.<\/p>\n

Delegate Nancy Guthrie, a Democrat opponent of the bill, dismissed it as an attempt to force critics into\u00a0“submission” by making the abortion method “sound hideous” and “gross.” But Delegate Lynne Arvon, a Republican bill supporter, maintained that dismemberment abortions are “absolutely barbaric in a society in which we treasure life.”<\/p>\n

Last week Live Action released a video with former abortion doctor Anthony Levatino that explained how a D&E abortion is performed:<\/p>\n