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These contraceptives include condoms, birth control pills, and some drugs that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has warned can induce abortions in early stages of pregnancy. It does not include mifepristone, which the FDA has approved for use to abort a child in utero up to 10 weeks into pregnancy.

Per the proposed legislation, no insurer, corporation, or health maintenance organization would be allowed to impose “burdensome restrictions or delays” on contraception. The language fails to include exemptions for religious employers who object to contraception and abortion, such as the Catholic Church.

The other piece of legislation would establish a blanket “right” for every person to “obtain” and “use” contraception. The language does not limit this right to just adults, but rather extends this right to every “person.” It does not include any protections for parental rights in these decisions.

This new “right” would include both FDA-approved drugs and surgical sterilization, such as castration.

According to the proposal, the right could “not be infringed upon by any law, regulation, or policy.” 

The legislation also establishes a right to file civil lawsuits against “any person” who violates the “right to contraception.” Such lawsuits could be filed by the person who sought contraception, health care providers, or the attorney general.

Pittsburgh – The West Virginia Mountaineers (27-16) pummeled the Pitt Panthers (18-23) Tuesday night at PNC Park 11-1.

West Virginia junior Grant Hussey led the Mountaineers at the plate, going 3-4 with two home runs and raked in five RBIs on the night. Hussey’s two home runs on the night pushed his career total to 36, setting the all-time WVU career home run record.

“It was always a goal of mine,’ Hussey said. “I felt like a little kid out there today. That was probably the most emotion I’ve had running around the bases because I’m not too much of an emotional person.

West Virginia sophomore Logan Suave hit the first pitch of the game for a double and senior Reed Chumley brought him home from third with a single to centerfield for the game’s first run before junior Grant Hussey went to the opposite field for his first home run of the evening – three-run blast, tying the WVU career home run record and giving the Mountaineers a 4-0 lead.

You hit a double on the very first pitch of the game, it kind of set the tone for what the rest of the night would be,” said head coach Randy Mazey.

The Mountaineers put up two runs in the second after sophomore Skylar King ripped a leadoff double off the centerfield wall and Sauve squeezed a single to place runners at the corners, then junior JJ Wetherholt doubled into the gap to left centerfield for a two-RBI double and a 6-0 advantage.

West Virginia sophomore Benjamin Lumsden blasted a two-run home run in the third inning to extend the lead WVU lead to eight.