West Virginia Lawmaker Saira Blair: Anti-Abortion Legislation ‘Isn’t About A Woman’s Body’

West Virginia Del. Saira Blair (R) said Wednesday that legislation that would ban abortions after 20 weeks “isn’t about a woman’s body.”

“It’s about the child she is carrying,” Blair said on the House floor, according to Charleston Daily Mail reporter Whitney Burdette.

The bill, HB 2568, would ban abortions after 20 weeks in West Virginia. The state House of Delegates passed the bill Wednesday by a vote of 87-12, without several proposed amendments, including one that would allow for an exemption in cases of rape and incest.

Pomponio argued that the legislation doesn’t take into account how a woman’s body actually works.

“I think that the legislature frankly is very confused about how a woman’s body functions and what the function of the legislature should be, with regard to a woman’s healthcare,” she added.

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