The Women’s Health Center of West Virginia (WHC) Wednesday brought a federal lawsuit against the president and secretary of the West Virginia Board of Medicine. The lawsuit centers on medical board’s regulation and enforcement of House Bill 302. The bill, signed into law in September 2022, includes a “hospitalization requirement,” mandating all legal abortions take place in a hospital. It further requires a physician performing an abortion to maintain “hospital privileges.” WHC maintains the bill is unconstitutional. They emphasize the legislature did not consider evidence or outcomes with regards to the health and safety of abortion patients. WHC claims the move violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights. They claim the legislature’s…