The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in the Northern District of Texas to issue a national injunction in the case brought by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is wise and will save lives. “Virginia Society for Human Life (VSHL) commends this action because the abortion drug not only ends the life of an unborn child, but it also places the mother ...
Read MoreIn a dreadful ruling from Fairfax Circuit Judge Richard Gardiner, embryonic human beings are nothing more than property and therefore can be bought and sold. Judge Gardiner cited that the law in Virginia, which dates back to slavery days, does not prohibit the buying and selling of embryos therefore they are little more than “goods or chattels” and a price can be placed on these helpless tiny human lives. This preliminary ...
Read MoreAfter a week of debate on the house floor devoted to changing to the rules of the House of Delegates in Virginia; An effort led by pro-abortion Delegates to force a vote on the previously defeated “Right to Abortion” Amendment, has been defeated. Pro-abortion extremists in the House used the week of floor speeches to spread more manipulative and dramatic scare tactics to make their case for enshrining Roe v. Wade ...
Read MoreTime to Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortions in Virginia! This week the General Assembly will attempt to vote on a new budget for the Commonwealth Virginia. Members of the General Assembly are in conference now to reconcile the Senate and Houses version of the new Budget before the 2023 General Assembly session ends on Feb. 26th. Governor Glenn Youngkin sent a particular budget amendment to the General Assembly that would conform Virginia ...
Read MoreStop the underhanded, last-minute attempt to pass the “Right-to-Abortion” Amendment in The House of Delegates! Pro-abortion members of the House of Delegates are attempting this week to force a rules change in order to demand that the Full House of delegates vote on the Right to Abortion Amendment, SJ 255, which was defeated in the House of Delegates Courts of Justice last week. Every day since last Thursday the pro-abortion Democrats have made ...
Read MoreThis week the Virginia Senate voted to kill three bills that provided women with more information when making decisions about their pregnancy and also shockingly rejected a bill that would provide reasonable medical care to the born alive baby who survived an abortion attempt. None of these bills prevented any woman from obtaining an abortion. The House of Delegates passed all three bills before crossover. These rational and compassionate bills ...
Read MoreACTION ALERT: The Right-to-Abortion Amendment will be voted on in the Virginia State Senate very soon. Please use the VSHL Legislative Action Center to send a message to your Senator and Delegate to oppose this extreme amendment that would eliminate all of Virginia's pro-life laws and prevent passage of any new pro-life laws.
Read MoreToday, during the second annual “Defending Life Day” advocacy event at the Virginia General Assembly, more than 500 pro-lifers from across the Commonwealth met with legislators to speak up for the unborn and ask their Delegates and Senators to support the protective bills still working their way through the House of Delegates. Pro-life bills face a hostile environment in the Virginia Senate. where Sen. Louise Lucas (D-18) has bragged about ...
Read MoreClick the Button to Sign your Petition to oppose the Extreme Right-to-Abortion Amendment to the Virginia Constitution!
Read MoreAction Center to Stop the Right-to-Abortion Amendment The Right-to-Abortion Amendment to the Virginia Constitution is a very dangerous threat to unborn babies. If enacted, this Extreme Amendment would eliminate all restrictions on abortion all the way up until the moment of birth. VSHL is aggressively opposing passage of this amendment but it is only with a large groundswell of opposition that we can defeat the Amendment. This Action Center gives YOU the tools to ...
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