March 4, 2026
“We build a Culture of Life one act at time, and, in this bill, my home state of West Virginia has a chance to allow babies a second chance at life, after being dosed by deadly Chemical Abortion Pills,” said Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins. “But while the state Senate has been fearless at defending LIFE in the womb, the state House has failed to advance the kind of bills voters demand from leaders who say they care about mothers and preborn babies. Babies deserved a chance at LIFE, and it’s up to the House to give it to them.”
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CHARLESTON, W.V. (03-04-2026) — Students for Life Action (SFLAction) President Kristan Hawkins applauded the West Virginia Senate’s passage of the “Support for Mothers and Babies Act,” SB 805, a bill that, if enacted, would offer mothers the resources and support they need to confidently choose Life.
The bill, which passed the Senate by a vote of XX to XX, would build on the state’s existing Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program, a $3 million program that offers grants to pro-life Pregnancy Resource Centers to provide medical care, financial assistance, parenting education, and other material resources to mothers and babies in The Mountain State.
The new bill expands that program to include funding for life-saving Abortion Pill Reversal treatments. If enacted, it would:
- Authorize the distribution of state funds to Pregnancy Resource Centers to cover the costs of providing and promoting Abortion Pill Reversal.
- Explicitly ban pro-abortion organizations from receiving program funding.
- Allow eligible organizations to use state funding for capital expenditures, staff training, and new services associated with Abortion Pill Reversal.
This session, the West Virginia Senate has shown just how pro-life they are by:
- Passing SB 173, the SFLAction-inspired “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act,” which would impose criminal and civil penalties on abortion vendors prescribing and shipping deadly Chemical Abortion Pills in the state.
- Taking up SB 599, a bill that would prohibit abortifacients.
- Taking up SB 43, a bill that would remove rape and incest exceptions from state law.
Their move to pass SB 805 represents yet another way West Virginia legislators are putting mothers and babies first, showing they’re not just anti-abortion but truly pro-life.
Yet, despite the W.V. Senate’s best efforts to enact real change for women and babies, the state’s House has refused to follow suit. Instead, it has consistently ignored, delayed, and blocked attempts to pass pro-life legislation, even refusing to take up the “Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act,” which would save thousands of lives by preventing deadly Chemical Abortion Pills from entering the state.
Hawkins observed: “Such wavering is unacceptable. It’s time for the West Virginia House to learn from their Senate colleagues and pass the life-saving pro-life legislation that their constituents want.”
SFLAction is calling on the West Virginia House to take up all pro-life legislation passed by the Senate immediately. To join us and call on a representative to act, click here.
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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,400 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement . Over more than 17 years, PLG CEO Kristan Hawkins has grown the operation into a nearly $20M organization, now preparing for an abortion-free America.