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Residents upset over potential abortion clinic in Allegany County

March 26th, 2023 by WCBC Radio

The potential for an abortion clinic to open in Allegany County has some residents upset. When West Virginia and many other states took action last year to ban abortions- there was concern expressed that Maryland – where the procedure is legal- would become an abortion destination. Those concerns are now being  validated to some extent- even on the local front- with a Charleston West Virginia clinic purchasing a location along McMullen Highway. Pastor Michael Mudge addressed the Allegany County Commissioners expressing alarm that it appears as though an abortion clinic will soon be operating in the county…

He asked the county to investigate the permitting process…