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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia Bill 4102 requires publicly funded medical schools to teach abortion pill reversal and perinatal hospice
Last action · January 14, 2026: To House Health and Human ResourcesSponsor: Elías Coop-González
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia House Bill 4102 requires all publicly funded medical schools in the state to teach specific high-risk pregnancy treatments, including , , miscarriage treatment, and care. Medical schools that fail to comply face potential loss of state funding after review by the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability.
Publicly funded medical institutions must incorporate specific reproductive health procedures and palliative care into their curricula or risk losing state financial support, directly altering medical training requirements for future physicians in the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
publicly funded medical schools
Publicly funded medical schools must update their educational curricula to include abortion pill reversal, ectopic pregnancy treatment, miscarriage treatment, and perinatal hospice care, or face potential loss of state funding.
medical students in West Virginia
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Health and Human Resources
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources then Education
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Mandated Curriculum Inclusion of Abortion Pill Reversal
The bill creates a statutory requirement for publicly funded medical schools to teach abortion pill reversal and perinatal hospice care under threat of losing state funds.
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www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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