Issues Archives - Virginia Society for Human Life

by Sarah Dunford November 15, 2024

Pro-abortion Delegates Vote in Committee to Slip Extreme Abortion Amendment Forward, Ignoring Public Opposition and Outcry

Yesterday pro-abortion legislators in the House of Delegates passed their extreme Unlimited Abortion Up to Birth Amendment to the Virginia Constitution out of the Privileges and Election Committee. The committee agenda was not posted for the public to see and comment on until 24 hours before the meeting. To make matters worse, a last-minute substitute version was introduced at the meeting, denying the chance for legislators or the public to read ...

by Sarah Dunford November 12, 2024

Abortion Information , General Assembly , Pro-Life Action

Comments and Testimonies urgently needed as Virginia Pro-Abortion democrats vow to change the Virginia Constitution

The Privileges and Elections committee has posted their agenda for this Wednesday, Nov. 13th and it does include HJ1. They have opened a portal on the GA site to receive public comments pro or con. It is essential that pro-life people put their comments in opposition to this radical amendment on this site. The committee staff will count those opposed and those in favor of HJ1. So far, the pro-abortion side has ...

by Sarah Dunford November 11, 2024

Abortion Policy , General Assembly , News

The Unlimited Abortion Up to Birth Amendment is on the Table This Week! Speak Out Now!

Here we go! Only days away from the dramatic national election results and Virginia’s pro-abortion legislators are ready to move forward this week on their dreadful plan to enshrine abortion up to birth in the state Constitution. Raise Your Voice! Pro-life Virginians must make their voices heard immediately! Please Use the VSHL Action Center link to send your message to your members of the General Assembly. Please share this link with your ...

by VSHL May 30, 2024

Olivia Gans Turner was interviewed on Women of Grace. Click here to see the interview.

by VSHL May 22, 2024

The Biden White House issued a proclamation that declared National Women’s Health Week the week of May 12-18. Curiously, the statement called for unlimited abortion access as part of women’s health care. Celebrating motherhood and women’s health in the same week seems logical, but the logic is twisted by the current debate about abortion. The argument that abortion is critical to women’s health is a masterful stroke of manipulation — manipulation ...

by VSHL February 6, 2024

"A recurring theme in the scenarios outlined is an erroneous application of the laws regarding abortion as they apply to situations regarding life of the mother and miscarriage. I am aware of no state in which physicians are unable to provide care for women whose lives are threatened by a pregnancy complication or who have lost their children to miscarriage. However, misinterpretation of laws can lead to delays in needed ...

by Olivia Turner November 3, 2022

We must not allow extremist abortion promoters to will this election year! A new letter to the editor From VSHL President Olivia Gans Turner. This is the truth about these elections across the country this year. Please pay attention. "Voters do have to think about where the candidates stand on abortion. They need to know that every Democrat running for Congress in Virginia this year are radical in their views on ...

by Ann September 22, 2022

Abortion Policy , Issues , News

Senator Lindsey Graham and Congressman Chris Smith Reintroduce the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act

Following the recent Supreme Court Ruling reversing Roe v. Wade, new pro-life action in the U.S. Congress has been championed by two leading pro-life members, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ). Together, they have reintroduced the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act, which would protect unborn children at 15 weeks, a point by which science shows that the unborn child is capable of experiencing great pain when killed ...

by Loretta Fleming December 17, 2021

Abortion Policy , General Assembly

The FDA’s New Rules on Chemical Abortions Backs the Abortion Industry and Puts Women’s Lives at Risk

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 ...

by Ann July 23, 2021

Abortion Policy , News , Pro-Life Action

Save the Life-Saving Hyde Amendment!

In a shocking move on July 15, the first steps were taken to remove the life-saving Hyde Amendment from the annual federal Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations (Labor-HHS) bill. The Hyde Amendment has prevented the use of US taxpayer funds to pay for abortion under federal programs including Medicaid. This is the first time in the 45-year history of the Hyde Amendment, which has been credited with saving millions of lives, ...