Virginia voters will decide the future of abortion access
Virginians will determine whether to enshrine the protection of reproductive rights into the state constitution later this year. Read more at 19th News
Virginia
Trump cuts threaten access to birth control for millions of women
It’s not only Title X funds that are jeopardizing access to contraception, says Kimi Chernoby, an attorney with the National Women’s Law Center. She points to cuts to Medicaid included in the Republican spending bill that was recently signed into law, which jeopardize access to healthcare — including contraception — for millions of women in … Read more
Abortion policy in Virginia isn’t settled: Why this year’s election is key
Virginia’s constitutional amendment process calls for both chambers of the legislature to approve a ballot measure twice — with an election separating the two votes — before it can go to voters. Democrats won control of the legislature in 2023 and this year approved the measure with no Republican support. Its fate will be decided … Read more
GOP nominee for Virginia governor tries to distance herself from anti-abortion past
Winsome Earle-Sears called abortion ‘genocide’ and implied equivalence between consenting to sex and consenting to pregnancy Read more at The Guardian
Virginia governor allows Confederate groups to keep tax exemptions
The Republican governor vetoed several measures, including those related to maintaining access to contraception, saying in a statement they were “not ready to become law”. Read more at The Guardian
GOP Not Backing Down On Abortion Bans Despite New Election Losses
Staunchly anti-abortion lawmakers argued that the GOP needs to work even harder to persuade voters of their cause and redouble their efforts to pass a ban on abortion after 15 weeks at a minimum. Read more at HuffPost
‘There is no ban’: Republicans test-drive new abortion messaging
“A ban is a ban is a ban,” Hopkins said. “What they’re talking about is a ban on a right that so many women had access to for years. I’m 24 in Virginia, and now I might have less rights than my mom did, who was born in 1968. To me, that is something that … Read more
‘It’s cruel’: the last southern refuge for abortion rights might soon fall
Abortion is at the center of the election. Not only is it one of the top issues for voters, according to multiple polls, but Virginia’s governor, the Republican Glenn Youngkin, has made his support for a 15-week ban the centerpiece of his campaign to help Republicans retake the state legislature. Read more at The Guardian … Read more
Virginia voters care about abortion access. Will that drive their votes?
If Republicans flip control of the state Senate and hold control of the state House in the November 7 election, Youngkin will have a clear path to further restrict abortion in the South. Control of each chamber will come down to just a handful of districts, including Adams’, which flipped red in 2021 by just … Read more
Tactic: Virginia GOP rallies around 15 week ban now, looks to a national ban later?
Glenn Youngkin thinks he has a Republican response to Democrats’ abortion attacks The Virginia GOP is trying to flip the script on an issue that has dogged Republicans for a year and a half. So far, Republicans have been doing their best to not talk about it. But now Youngkin is going after Democrats as … Read more