In a 17-9 vote, the city council of Charleston, West Virginia, rejected a defunct abortion center's bid to become a needle exchange for drug users. Some voiced concerns that such a program would increase crime and encourage drug use.
In a Monday vote, council members voted 17-9 to reject the plan, with some voicing concern that such a program would increase crime and encourage drug use, while others pointed to Hepatitis C and HIV causing problems in the city."We have a problem in Charleston with these diseases. Hepatitis C will bankrupt us," council member Frank Annie said, while Pat Jones, another council member, said,"An addiction is your choice.
Since the Mountain State's legislature passed a near-total ban on abortion, the Women's Health Center, formerly the only abortion provider in the state, has attempted to dive into other controversial medical programs such as needle exchanges and gender transition procedures.
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