Alternatives
A woman or girl who has an unplanned pregnancy may feel pressured into an abortion because she believes she has no support. But if her boyfriend, husband or parents are pushing her to have the abortion, she is not alone. In fact, there are a myriad of Pregnancy Care Centers with...
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Pastoral Helps
Our Judeo-Christian heritage teaches us that every human being is created by God in His own image and is, thereby given personal dignity that we are obliged to respect. In Deuteronomy 30:19, God teaches us: Today I call heaven and earth to witness against you: I am offering you...
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End of Life Issues
The disabled and elderly are in danger because of our growing lack of respect for the dignity of each human person. Every year elderly patients are killed through physician-assisted suicide. A “quality-of-life” ethic is affecting our medical care so that medical decisions...
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
If an unborn baby at 20 weeks gestation “is fully capable of experiencing pain….Without question, [abortion] is a dreadfully painful experience for any infant subjected to such a surgical procedure,” stated Robert J. White, M.D., Ph.D., professor neurosurgery, Case Western...
Read More"It is a poverty to decide that a "child must die", so that you may live as you wish..."
- Mother Teresa
President’s Corner
The President of West Virginians for Life is Wanda Franz, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Child Development and Family Studies at West Virginia University. She is also the past president of the National Right to Life Committee, a position she held for 20 years. The President’s Corner contains letters from the President and up-to-date commentary [...]
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest promoter and provider of abortions, performing more than of 25% all abortions done in the United States (332,278 in the most recent report). Here are some of the statistics that demonstrate this point. Abortion constitutes approximately 37% of Planned Parenthood’s revenues. Of services to pregnant women, 98% are abortions. [...]
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West Virginians for Life is the only single-issue pro-life organization in the state. We are affiliated with the National Right to Life Committee, based in Washington, D.C. We were founded in 1974 in response to the Supreme Court’s abortion decisions. We have more than 30 chapters across the state. Our goal is to protect the [...]
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