{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-2m-3","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-2M-3","heading":"Determination of gestational age.","body":"Except in the case of a medical emergency or a nonmedically viable fetus, no abortion may be performed or induced or be attempted to be performed or induced unless the physician performing or inducing it has first made a determination of the probable gestational age of the fetus or relied upon such a determination made by another physician. In making this determination, the physician shall make inquiries of the patient and perform or cause to be performed medical examinations and tests as a reasonably prudent physician, knowledgeable about the case and the medical conditions involved, would consider necessary to perform in making an accurate diagnosis with respect to gestational age.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 2M. THE PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-2M-3/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:08Z","sha256":"d7259e2ff87bc66f04ecacf825b276cff878c3e6e86e4ffcf8a5d5e448d12132","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-2m-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-2m-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}