FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday March 6, 2015
CONTACT: Jon Conradi
PHONE: 202-225-2711
Email: jon.conradi@mail.house.gov
Congressman Alex Mooney Praises State Legislature on Pain-Capable Veto Override
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Republican Congressman Alex Mooney (WV-2) praised members of the West Virginia State Legislature for voting with large, bipartisan majorities to override Governor Tomblin’s veto of Pain-Capable legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks.
“Delegates and Senators in Charleston, from both parties, have taken bold action to protect the lives of the most defenseless among us. I want to congratulate the members of the legislature who supported this law for their dedication to protecting unborn babies, despite the veto from the Governor.”
“I sincerely hope to see pain-capable legislation brought up this Congress so the protection can be expanded nationally.”
The Senate vote to override the veto passed today with a 27-5 margin, clearing the bill to become law. Earlier in the week, the House of Delegates voted 77-16 on the override. House Bill 2568, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act outlaws all abortions after 20-weeks, or five months, of pregnancy when scientific consensus agrees a child is capable of feeling pain.
Last week, the Washington Examiner published an Op Ed co-written by Congressman Mooney and Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser on the Pain-Capable issue. The Op Ed, entitled Midterm Election Clarified: Pro-Life Issue is a Winner, can be found here.