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 on important issues affecting the pro-life movement.
Hopes Still Look Good for Insurance Opt Out of Abortion
Dear Friend for Life, The West Virginia Legislative Session has ended. We hope you’ll take the time to read the summary. West Virginians for Life was represented this year by John Carey, who has had over a decade of experience as a lobbyist in Charleston. He has been working in the legislature to pass an amendment to prohibit all qualified health plans offered through the new state insurance exchange from including abortion coverage. As many as 20 other states have already provided this protection for their citizens. Our Opt Out...
read moreLegislation Update
Dear Friend for Life, The West Virginia Legislative Session is winding down. West Virginians for Life was represented this year by John Carey, who has had over a decade of experience as a lobbyist in Charleston. He has been working in the legislature to pass an amendment to prohibit all qualified health plans offered through the new state insurance exchange from including abortion coverage. As many as 20 other states have already provided this protection for their citizens. Our Opt Out of Abortion Bill was not taken up by the appropriate...
read more40 Years of Roe Can Still be Viewed
Dear Friends for Life, On January 20, 2013, West Virginians for Life sponsored a high-powered educational symposium at the Bridgeport Conference Center, 40 Years of Roe. Close to 100 people attended. It was covered by two TV stations and a newspaper local to Bridgeport. The speakers clearly demonstrated that legalized abortion is associated with many negative effects. Women, men and families suffer psychologically from abortion. Women are more apt to have physical health problems, such as breast cancer and cardiac illnesses. Babies...
read moreAnother Exceptional Speaker on November 15
Dear Friends for Life, Every November, West Virginians for Life sponsors the annual Rose Dinner to raise money for our educational efforts. In the past, we have had many special speakers, including writer and TV personality, Cal Thomas; writer and speaker, Wesley Smith; and former abortionist and author, Abby Johnson. This year, we are honored to welcome home the Morgantown native, Professor Robert George, Ph.D. He is a Princeton University Professor of Jurisprudence and the Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and...
read moreA Success Story
Dear Pro-life friends, You are part of the pro-life movement, and you understand how much work it takes to inform our nation about the devastating consequences of abortion. I want to tell you about an educational and legislative success story that just happened. Some time ago, the state of South Dakota passed a “woman’s right to know” law. It required abortionists to warn women that having an abortion puts them at risk of having suicidal thoughts and of committing suicide. Planned Parenthood sued asking that the law be struck down,...
read moreBureaucrats in Washington Could Make Your Health Care Decisions
Dear pro-life friends, West Virginians for Life has been warning about the dangers to you and your family of ObamaCare (The Affordable Care Act). Under this health care law, bureaucrats in Washington will make the health care decisions that affect you. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius already issued rules requiring all insurers, including self-insured churches, to provide—free of charge—all birth control devices, even those that cause abortions. There is no respect for the First Amendment. Anytime the Obama...
read moreOne of the Most Dangerous Government Impositions
Dear Pro-Life Friends, I know that all of you share my dismay at the direction our great country is taking. The Obama administration is imposing more and more government control into our lives, making it possible for so-called “progressives” to impose their philosophy on us Americans against our will. One of the most dangerous government impositions is Obama’s health care “reform” for America, called The Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare. From the beginning, the pro-life movement has argued that there were no protections in...
read moreImportant Matters at Stake in Primary Election
Dear Pro-Life Friends, West Virginians for Life, in compliance with the election laws, has established an “internal Political action committee” (WVL-PAC) that is separately incorporated and raises all funds from our members into an account separate from that of West Virginians f or Life. WVL-PAC’s goal is to provide a service to the pro-life voters of West Virginia by informing them of the position that candidates for office take on the right-to-life issue. In the upcoming primary election, voters must make informed choices to advance...
read moreEducate All on Planned Parenthood
Dear pro-life friends, It is time to welcome spring-time and celebrate the renewal of life at Easter. West Virginians for Life has the opportunity to celebrate many exciting new developments. Thanks to the dedication and hard work of Jaycen Saab, West Virginians for Life now has a new and improved website. We are deeply grateful to Jaycen for volunteering so much of his time to provide West Virginia pro-lifers with a wonderful new tool for education and communication. How do you like our newly renovated website? We have also had our...
read moreRally for Life in the Capitol
West Virginians all have “a heart for the babies,” and we celebrated our pro-life commitment on Valentine’s Day at our annual Rally for Life in the Capitol Rotunda in Charleston. We had a wonderful turn-out to hear presentations from Governor Tomblin, Senate Speaker Jeff Kessler and many of our hard-working pro-life legislators. We were all educated by Dr. Byron Calhoun, Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at West Virginia University, a specialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine. He discussed...
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