by wvfree | Feb 5, 2018 | News
The overwhelming majority of the four dozen speakers opposed the bill. The bill’s lead sponsor, Fayette County Republican Delegate Kayla Kessinger, attended the hearing along with House Speaker Tim Armstead and several other delegates. The bill would ban...
by wvfree | Feb 5, 2018 | News
Amanda Schwartz, of WV Free, offered a different opinion of the legislation. “This bill’s sole purpose is to score points with religious conservatives in West Virginia,” she said. “It is wrong and unconscionable to use poor West Virginia women as political pawns.”...
by wvfree | Feb 5, 2018 | News
Cohen, of the ACLU, noted that the make-up of the U.S. Supreme Court changes and that Roe v. Wade “is under constant threat.” “There would be no impediment from the state constitution for anything they would want to do,” he said. “It’s so frustrating because this...
by wvfree | Feb 3, 2018 | News
In 1993, the state Supreme Court overturned a state law banning Medicaid funding of abortion, ruling that Medicaid exclusions of abortion are unconstitutional. Then-Chief Justice Margaret Workman wrote in the opinion that the law “constitutes a discriminatory funding...
by wvfree | Jan 25, 2018 | News
West Virginia Free members gathered at the University of Charleston Thursday night to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. It was their annual benefit gala to fundraise for their organization that works for reproductive justice for West...
by wvfree | Jan 11, 2018 | News
Margaret Chapman Pomponio, the executive director of WV FREE, a women’s reproductive health organization, was among the West Virginian civil society actors who seemed surprised, but eager, to welcome a visitor from the U.N. “At first I was surprised. I had gotten an...
by wvfree | Jan 9, 2018 | News
The executive director of the pro-choice group WV FREE, Margaret Chapman Pomponio, told MetroNews it seems the committee’s discussion has centered on ideological and political grounds rather than the health and well-being of women and families. “It’s just simply not...
by wvfree | Dec 28, 2017 | News
Featuring WV FREE’s Amanda Schwartz: Amanda Schwartz, who works at a reproductive justice non-profit in West Virginia, wrote in HuffPost that CPCs “offer ‘counseling,’ which essentially consists of an untrained volunteer asking probing questions and pressuring...
by wvfree | Oct 18, 2017 | News
By WV FREE’s Margaret Chapman Pomponio: We’ve all read reports about those who are up in arms about purported attacks on religious liberty. They decry attempts to force people to betray their beliefs. They want to ensure that the government does not infringe on...
by wvfree | Oct 2, 2017 | News
Featuring WV FREE’s Julie Warden: “I am so excited there’s light being brought to this great state and this great city.” ― Julie Warden, 31, WV FREE communications director
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