West Virginia passes bill banning abortions sought because baby has Down syndrome

CHARLESTON, West Virginia (LifeSiteNews) – West Virginia lawmakers gave final approval Saturday to legislation that would prohibit abortions that specifically target children with disabilities for extermination.

The Unborn Child with Down Syndrome Protection and Education Act forbids abortions in which the abortionist has not “first confirmed that the abortion is not being sought because of a disability,” including Down syndrome or any other “presence or presumed presence of a genetic, physical, emotional, or intellectual disability or diagnosis in the unborn human being including, but not limited to, chromosomal disorders or morphological malformations occurring as the result of atypical gene expressions.”

The law does not apply in cases of medical emergency, defined as “serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional conditions,” or for “severe fetal condition[s]” that are supposedly “incompatible with life outside the womb.”