By TAYLOR STUCK
The Herald-Dispatch
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Along with electing new representatives to speak for them in both the state and federal legislative system in November, West Virginia voters will have a chance to decide whether women have a right to an abortion under the state Constitution.
The House of Delegates on Monday passed Senate Joint Resolution 12, which will add a provision to the ballet during the general election to amend the state Constitution to expressly say: “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion.”
As explained by Del. John Shott, chair of the Judiciary committee, the purpose of the resolution is to override a West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decision that found Medicaid must pay for abortion because it is a right under the state Constitution.
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