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After abortion ruling, WVa could become 1st to pass new bill

West Virginia Senate minority leader Stephen Baldwin, right, speaks during a news conference prior to the start of a Senate session, Friday, July 29, 2022, in Charleston, W.Va. Behind him are fellow Democratic Sens. Mike Romano left, and Mike Caputo. (AP Photo/John Raby) Republican Del. Jonathan Pinson, left, of Mason County speaks in support of a bill that would ban abortion in West Virginia with almost no exceptions on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 during a House Judiciary Committee meeting at the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Democratic Del. Kayla Young of Kanawha County, who opposes the ban, listens from the neighboring seat. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) Democratic Del. Mike Pushkin, right, of Kanawha County, speaks against a bill that would ban abortion in West Virginia with almost no exceptions on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 during a House Judiciary Committee meeting at the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va.(AP Photo/Leah Willingham) Kaylen Barker, Communications Director at the state’s only abortion clinic Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, is escorted out of the House chamber by security during a public hearing on an abortion ban bill making its way through the West Virginia Legislature at the state Capitol Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) Anti-abortion protestors stand outside the House of Delegates chamber at the West Virginia State Capitol as lawmakers prepared to head to the floor to discuss a sweeping abortion ban bill on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) Democratic Del. Danielle Walker of Monongalia County speaks to a crowd protesting a sweeping abortion ban bill making its way through the West Virginia Legislature at the state Capitol on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) A group gathers to protest a sweeping abortion ban bill making its way through the West Virginia Legislature at the state Capitol on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)