Insurance Dispute Costs Bridgeport Man Potentially Life-Saving Treatment

Insurance dispute costs Bridgeport man potentially life-saving treatment

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WBOY) — For the past two years, a Bridgeport, West Virginia man suffering from cancer has been searching for an operation that could improve his health, but after denials and disputes with his insurance provider, his family says that he may have missed his chance. A report from NBC News on Thursday night spoke about Eric Tennant, a Bridgeport resident who works at the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training …

WV woman forced to travel six hours for life-saving abortion wants issue placed on ballot

SAINT ALBANS, WV (WVNS) -- A woman has called for West Virginia voters to decide the issue of abortion access in the state after she was forced to check herself out of a Charleston hospital in 2021 and travel six hours for a life-saving abortion. "The only decision in this sensitive situation should be in the hands of voters. They're the ones going through it," said Kristyn Fruit, 33, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. "They're the ones that matter." I…

West Virginia woman travels six hours for life-saving abortion; calls for abortion access to be placed on voter ballot

SAINT ALBANS, WV (WVNS) -- A woman has called for West Virginia voters to decide the issue of abortion access in the state after she was forced to check herself out of a Charleston hospital in 2021 and travel six hours for a life-saving abortion. "The only decision in this sensitive situation should be in the hands of voters. They're the ones going through it," said Kristyn Fruit, 33, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. "They're the ones that matter." I…

WV woman travels six hours for life-saving abortion; calls for abortion access to be placed on voter ballot

SAINT ALBANS, WV (WVNS) -- A woman has called for West Virginia voters to decide the issue of abortion access in the state after she was forced to check herself out of a Charleston hospital in 2021 and travel six hours for a life-saving abortion. "The only decision in this sensitive situation should be in the hands of voters. They're the ones going through it," said Kristyn Fruit, 33, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. "They're the ones that matter." I…