STOP WV SENATE BILL 805

Disingenuous Fake Clinics Funding Bill Cloaked as Abortion Pill Reversal

Senate Bill 805 is the wrong answer to West Virginia’s reproductive health crisis. At a time when hospitals are closing, ob-gyns are leaving the state and maternity deserts are growing, this bill props up pregnancy care organizations that are not regulated and offer neither health care nor client privacy.  

Senate Bill 805 mentions a licensed health care professional, yet it is not clear what kind of licensed health care professional is implied since pregnancy care centers are not medical or even health care organizations, but rather advocacy organizations not bound by HIPPA or any regulating body.

Abortion Reversal Theories Are Unsafe and Not Based in Reality

Laws that require medically inaccurate information be provided about medication abortion are simply dangerous and wrong. Proponents indicate that it is possible to reverse the abortion procedure and continue the pregnancy if they change their mind after taking the initial mifepristone pill by taking progesterone.

According to a peer reviewed study found in the February 2023 edition of the American Journal of Public Health: “[Abortion] reversal laws continue a dangerous precedent of using unsound science to justify laws regulating abortion access, intrude upon the patient‒provider relationship, and may negatively affect the emotional and physical health of patients seeking a medication abortion. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(2):202–212. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307140)

So-called research on reversing medication abortion shows that this is a refuted theory based on the anecdotal experiences of physicians who were willing to do experimental treatment on pregnant women, without the usual research safeguards to protect health and safety.  

The state should not be pushing junk science in legislation that denies the best standard of care to those seeking health services.  

The decisions of whether to choose adoption, seek abortion or become a parent are important and people should be given all of the information and support that they need. 

Take Action!

→ Submit a comment using the legislature’s portal. This is the most effective way to ensure your message is taken seriously. Follow the directions carefully. Use the messaging here, or your own.

→ Call your delegate on the House Health Committee and tell them to stop obsessing over abortion and vote no Senate Bill 805. Not sure who your delegate is? Click here to find out, then simply find them on this committee phone list.

Worrell (Chair) (304) 340-3269
Hite (Vice Chair) (304) 340-3269
Pushkin (304) 340-3106
Hamilton (304) 340-3900
Amos (304) 340-3355
Anders (304) 340-3350
Chiarelli (304) 340-3158
Clark (304) 340-3366
Dean (304) 340-3304
Drennan (304) 340-3121
Hall (304) 340-3181
Heckert (304) 340-3394
Jeffries (304) 340-3149
Lewis (304) 340-3183
Mazzocchi (304) 340-3174
Miller (304) 340-3177
Petitto (304) 340-3171
Pinson (304) 340-3146
Rohrbach (304) 340-3221
Smith (678) 656-8233
Stephens (304) 340-3151
Vance (304) 340-3163
Watt (304) 340-3916
Willis (304) 340-3367

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