Lawmakers Override Gov. Veto on Abortion Law

State lawmkers put a ban on a common second-trimester abortion method into law Thursday with an override of Gov. Tomblin’s veto. The dilation and evacuation procedure, the safest second-trimester abortion method, is banned in West Virginia with the new law. Many Democrats sided with the Republican majority in favor of the override, which only required a simple majority vote from the House and Senate. The abortion ban takes effect in late May.