The General Assembly will reconvene for “Veto Day” on April 12th, when they will attempt to again vote on a new budget for the Commonwealth. Several weeks ago, Governor Youngkin submitted his initial package of budget amendments to the General Assembly. One of the Governor’s amendments includes a provision to adopt the federal Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment prevents the use of your tax dollars paying for most abortions. Please complete the contact ...
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Time 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 ...
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Stop 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 ...
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ACTION 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.
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Governor’s bill to protect unborn child who can feel pain formally introduced True to his word Governor Glen Youngkin presented the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to the General Assembly earlier this week, on the opening day of the 2023 GA Session, which is being patroned by Del Kathy Byron, R-22, in the House of Delegates and Senator Stephen Newman, R-23, in the Virginia Senate. Action Item: Use the VSHL Legislative Action Center ...
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Petition to the Virginia General Assembly toStop the Extreme Right-to-AbortionAmendment to the Virginia Constitution Whereas, Pro-Abortion Politicians are threatening to amend the Virginia Constitution to eliminate any and all restrictions on abortion up until birth; and Whereas, This amendment would codify Roe v. Wade into the Virginia Constitution; and Whereas, This amendment would strike down existing pro-life laws and permanently prevent passage of new pro-life laws like: Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Parental Consent Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection ...
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Virginia Pro-life Day Plans Underway! It’s time to turn to our plans to Influence the 2023 Virginia General Assembly. The General Assembly session will start on January 11th. It will be a short but intense session. (2023 is an election year for all the members of the GA, both the State Senate and the House of Delegates.) It is with great excitement that VSHL announces that we are already deep in plans ...
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Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortion in Virginia Now! Governor Youngkin sent a budget amendment to the General Assembly to stop taxpayer funding of abortion. This will be voted on TOMORROW, Friday, June 17th. The Governor’s amendment will prevent any funding of abortions in Virginia under Medicaid that go beyond those allowed under the Federal Hyde Amendment. It is a simple but important change that we need to ask our legislators to support. Please ...
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DEFENDING LIFE DAY On February 9, 2022, Virginians of good will from every district in the Commonwealth will come together in Richmond to meet directly with their legislators and encourage them to defend human life from the moment of conception to natural death. Please sign up to join us for this historic and vital effort. Please click the button below or this link for more information and to sign-up.
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Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made permanent its April 2021 order that removed the required in-person doctor’s visit for women seeking a chemical abortion. Today’s decision by the FDA allows the abortion pills, mifepristone and misoprostol, to be distributed by mail after a woman has a telehealth call with an abortion provider. “Virginia Society for Human Life (VSHL) decries the reckless standards for the dispensing of dangerous chemical ...
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