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The number of [[Abortion clinic|clinics]] in West Virginia has declined steeply from the original nineteen over the years, with ten in 1982, five in 1992, two in 2014, and one in 2017. There were 1,730 legal abortions in 2014, and 1,516 in 2015.
On September 13, 2022, West Virginia passed a near-total abortion ban in both houses of its legislature. Governor [[Jim Justice]] signed the bill into law on September 16, 2022.<ref name="forbes.com">{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=West Virginia lawmakers OK abortion ban with few exceptions |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/09/16/abortion-now-illegal-in-west-virginia-as-gov-signs-ban-into-law/amp/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> The [[Constitution of West Virginia]] was amended in 2018 to expressly ban abortion access.<ref>{{cite web |title=West Virginia |url=https://reproductiverights.org/maps/state/west-virginia/ |website=Center for Reproductive Rights |access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref>
The near-total ban on abortions is currently being challenged in court.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-abortion-provider-files-challenge-to-near-total-abortion-ban/article_ddca26bc-a27e-11ed-af93-f7cd552c0835.html|title=West Virginia abortion provider files challenge to near-total abortion ban|date=February 2023 |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref>
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