The 2018 West Virginia No Constitutional Right to Abortion Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot in the U.S. state of West Virginia on November 6, 2018. The measure amended the Constitution of West Virginia to remove any and all protections for abortion access and prohibited state funding for abortions. It was approved by 52% of voters.
The amendment did not prohibit abortion itself in West Virginia. The measure overturned Women's Health Center of West Virginia v. Panepinto, a 1993 state supreme court case which required the state to use Medicaid funds for abortions when necessary. In September 2022, following the Dobbs decision, West Virginia lawmakers passed a near-total abortion ban.
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