New bill would remove some exemptions from the state’s abortion ban

West Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill that would remove rape and incest as exemptions to the state’s abortion law. A portion of the state code makes abortion illegal in the Mountain State, with some exceptions. A non-viable embryo and ectopic pregancies are on the exemption list, along with rape and incest. The bill was just introduced at the start of the new legislative session that runs for the next few weeks.