by sarah@wvfree.org | Nov 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
WV FREE believes West Virginians of all ages deserve bright futures, and so do I. Our elected leaders should take us forward, not backwards. WV FREE is building grassroots power to change the status quo from local politics all the way to Washington, DC through...
by jimmy | Mar 6, 2020 | Press Releases
CHARLESTON-During the final week of Legislative Session in West Virginia (WV), legislators voted to pass four important bills relating to reproductive healthcare. HB 4198 permits a person to obtain a 12-month supply of birth control while SB 288 increases access to...
by jimmy | Sep 19, 2019 | Press Releases
Charleston, WV – On Monday, September 23rd, Hart Research will join WV FREE, legislators and key stakeholders across the state to announce findings from a telephone survey among 903 registered voters in West Virginia (WV) that demonstrate solid support for all West...
by wvfree | Feb 11, 2018 | News
“I am genuinely concerned about the health and safety of West Virginia women and girls by what this amendment could do,” said Margaret Chapman Pomponio, executive director of West Virginia Free. “By the Senate passing a measure that says there’s no constitutional...
by wvfree | Feb 10, 2018 | News
“This resolution leaves it up to the Legislature entirely. If it passes at the ballot, the Legislature can regulate women’s health care however they want,” Baldwin said. “My grandfather was an OB/GYN, and I think he would be horrified that politicians would get...
by wvfree | Feb 10, 2018 | News
West Virginia already has numerous restrictions, such as a 20-week ban, waiting periods and a law that passed last year removing the ability for adolescent girls to go to court for permission for an abortion, instead of telling their parents, when a doctor says that...
by wvfree | Feb 9, 2018 | News
Seven senators — all men — spoke to the resolution before passage. Sen. Ron Stollings, D-Boone and a doctor, read a letter from the West Virginia Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which opposes the resolution. All state senators were...
by wvfree | Feb 8, 2018 | News
WV Free will provide information and resources on how to communicate with elected officials, “focusing on state representatives, but transferable to local and federal level officials,” according to a press release. The event is a combined effort with students of...
by wvfree | Feb 8, 2018 | News
West Virginia resident Amanda Schwartz also called for lawmakers to look beyond politics to do what was right for all West Virginia women, not just those who object to how their taxpayer dollars are spent. “This bill’s sole purpose is to score political points with...
by wvfree | Feb 6, 2018 | News
The main theme of the opposition was the bill discriminates against low-income women. “Four years ago I had an abortion,” Caitlin Gaffin said. “I was a grad student working a part-time job and I had moved back home to take care of a family member. I...
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