Legal Opinion
Boley v. Miller
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1992No. 20158PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Justice:
The Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (Department) appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County which held that W.Va.Code, 9-4-2 (1983), prohib its the use of state Medicaid funds to pay for abortions that do not qualify for federal reimbursement. We find that the circuit court erred, and that W.Va.Code, 9-4-2, does not prohibit these expenditures.
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FACTS
On October 31,1990, several members of the West Virginia State Legislature, in both their personal and official capacities, as well as West Virginians for Life, Inc., a…
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