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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2018
WVU law professor falls in congressional race BY JARED SERRE STAFF WRITER
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West Virginia voters pass Amendment 1 BY ALAYNA FULLER
After advancing to the general election, Democratic candidate and WVU law professor Kendra Fershee was defeated by incumbent U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va. Fershee was vying for U.S. Representative seat in the 1st Congressional District. McKinley bested Fershee 128,725 votes to 70,402. Despite all of the positives and negatives that come in a political campaign, the experience has been a memorable one for Fershee. “[The positives] are way outweighing the negatives,” Fershee said. “The people I met — the people I wanted to represent in this process — that was an incredible part of this campaign that I can’t replace. If I hadn’t done this, I never would PHOTO BY JOE SEVERINO have had the opportunities to listen to West Virginians in the Democrat Kendra Fershee shares a moment with her husband, Joshua, after finishing a speech at the Mon County Dems watch party. way that I had.” “In my mind, there was really no downside. It took time from my family and it was hard work but, ultimately, there was no downside,” she said. While she may not be headed to Washington D.C, Fershee isn’t exactly disappointed. “I’m getting back in the classroom,” Fershee said. “I’m a law professor, and it’s a job I love that I have had from the beginning. I said from the beginning — and it’s true — the PHOTO VIA PHOTO VIA PHOTO VIA PHOTO VIA perfect job. I felt like I felt comCONGRESS.GOV WV LEGISLATURE CONGRESS.GOV CONGRESS.GOV pelled to do this and to serve Alex Mooney. Joe Manchin. Carol Miller. David McKinley. the district, but I have the greatSEE P. 3 FOR STORIES est job in the world.”
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STAFF WRITER West Virginia voters have passed Amendment 1, and now the sentence “nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion,” is going to be added to the state Constitution. The measure passed 295,536 to 275,748, less than a 3.5 percent difference. In West Virginia, abortion is legal, but there are some restrictions. The state prohibits abortions after 20 weeks, requires a woman to have state-directed counseling and must wait 24 hours before having the abortion. West Virginia passed a law in 1993 that restricted Medicaid funding for abortions, except when a mother’s life is at risk, or in cases of rape or incest. The state Supreme Court later overturned the law, citing it discriminated against low-income women. The passing of Amendment 1 overruled the 1993 state Supreme Court decision. West Virginians for Life, an organization who campaigned in support of Amendment 1, sent out a press release after the resolution was projected to pass. “West Virginians for Life thanks the people of the state of West Virginia for passing Amendment 1 to stop taxpayer-funding of abortion on demand,” said President Wanda Franz in the release. “Passage of the amendment returns control of the budget to the state legislature, as re-
Year
Amount Procedures
2017:
$326,103
1,560
2016:
$396,424
1,217
2015:
$375,310
763
2014:
$297,394
544
2013:
$278,756
502
2012:
$268,205
517
2011:
$354,134
630
2010:
$335,152
678
2009:
$302,881
677
INFORMATION VIA WV METRONEWS
quired by the State Constitution. We commend the members of the state legislature for their courage in putting this amendment on the ballot.” American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia, who campaigned against the resolution, also sent out a release following the passage of the amendment. “In a blow to both reproductive health care and constitutional protection in West Virginia, anti-abortion advocates and out of state special interests succeeded in pushing a far right constitutional amendment through at the ballot box today with the passage of Amendment 1, which strips abortion protections and funding from the state constitution,” it wrote.
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