{"id":95448,"date":"2016-06-02T13:02:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T17:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=95448"},"modified":"2016-06-02T13:03:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T17:03:40","slug":"dismemberment-abortion-ban-takes-effect-in-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dismemberment-abortion-ban-takes-effect-in-west-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dismemberment abortion ban takes effect in West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>On Sunday, West Virginia&#8217;s Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Act officially <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalrighttolifenews.org\/news\/2016\/05\/over-the-weekend-ban-on-dismemberment-abortions-in-west-virginia-takes-effect\/#.V1Bb1ms5DIV\">took effect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The law, which\u00a0bans D&amp;E abortions, passed in February but was vetoed by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. As Live Action News&#8217; Calvin Freiburger <a href=\"\/news\/west-virginia-overrides-veto-of-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/\">reported<\/a>, less than 24 hours later, West Virginia&#8217;s House and Senate overwhelmingly voted to override the veto. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalrighttolifenews.org\/news\/2016\/03\/west-virginia-legislature-easily-overrides-governors-veto-of-unborn-child-protection-from-dismemberment-abortion-act\/#.V1BgBGs5DIU\">NRL News<\/a>, the ban on dismemberment abortions\u00a0was supported by 100% of West Virginia&#8217;s women senators and 83% of women delegates.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The ban received extensive\u00a0bipartisan support, and State Sen. Ryan Ferns argues that\u00a0the ban is just common sense legislation.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re talking about ripping an unborn fetus, part by part, to cause death and create the abortion,\u201d said Ferns, calling the procedure a \u201chorrific experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Levatino, a former abortionist,\u00a0describes the horrific D&amp;E procedure in the following video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jgw4X7Dw_3k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a similar ban on dismemberment abortion was <a href=\"\/news\/louisiana-governor-signs-dismemberment-abortion-ban\/\">signed<\/a> by Louisiana&#8217;s pro-life\u00a0Democrat\u00a0Governor John Bel Edwards on Tuesday, and is set to take effect on August 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, West Virginia&#8217;s Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Act officially took effect. The law, which\u00a0bans D&amp;E abortions, passed in February but was vetoed by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. As Live Action News&#8217; Calvin Freiburger reported, less than 24 hours later, West Virginia&#8217;s House and Senate overwhelmingly voted to override the veto. According to NRL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":78408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[1334,8991,7051,5503,741,8990,3371],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dismemberment abortion ban takes effect in West Virginia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin originally vetoed the bill, but was quickly overridden by the House and Senate. 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