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by Ann January 29, 2020

Pro-Abortion Members in Virginia Senate Reverse Women’s Right to Know and Other Protective Laws

RICHMOND--Today, in a split vote of 20-20, with the lieutenant governor breaking the tie, the Virginia Senate passed SB 733. This legislation will overturn reasonable protective legislation that Virginia first passed in 2001 to protect women and their unborn babies from abortion. The U.S Supreme Court has found that such laws are constitutional. “Pro-abortion Democrats in the General Assembly have stripped the law books of legislation that was designed to protect ...

by Ann January 28, 2020

Abortion Policy , General Assembly , Issues , News

Pro-Abortion Members in Virginia General Assembly Toss Out Protective Women’s Right to Know Law

Today, the House of Delegates voted along party lines to overturn the "Women's Right to Know" Informed Consent law regarding abortion. Tomorrow, the Senate is expected to follow suit and pass SB 733. HB 980 (Del. Price, D-95th) removed all the hard won rational and much-needed provisions of the law first passed in 2001. The law required that the Virginia Department of Health provide written materials that would inform a woman considering ...

by Ann January 6, 2020

General Assembly , Issues , News

The Federalist: Democrats Seek to Fulfill Promise of Until-Birth Abortion in Virginia

From The Federalist: As the next General Assembly is set to open January 8, pro-abortion leaders in the Senate and House are making good on their promise to push a radical pro-abortion agenda in the legislature. Bills already introduced for a vote in the upcoming session include multiple versions of the Equal Rights Amendment (which legally mandates abortion access), removing parental consent for minors’ abortions from law, two bills eliminating the ...

by Ann November 7, 2019

Abortion Policy , General Assembly , Issues , News , Pro-Life Action

EWTN’s Post-Election Interview with VSHL

Laura Echevarria, who is the Director of Communications for National Right to Life, also serves on the board of Virginia Society of Human Life. She appeared on EWTN last night to discuss the outcome of Tuesday's elections and what can be expected in the next legislative session. https://youtu.be/Vk2-cryxkqs?t=324

by Ann November 6, 2019

Abortion Policy , General Assembly , Issues , News , Pro-Life Action

Pro-Abortion Money from Out of State Buys Virginia’s Election

In a very sad turn of events, despite a hard-scrabble ground game organized by Virginia Society for Human Life (VSHL) and other pro-life groups in the Commonwealth---built on the donations of average citizens---abortion proponents won new seats in the House and Senate giving them control of the General Assembly. Sadly, several Republican seats were lost in the Senate giving pro-abortion candidates control there too. Outside pro-abortion groups, including Planned Parenthood, NARAL ...

by Ann November 4, 2019

Abortion Policy , General Assembly , Issues , News , Pro-Life Action

Tomorrow is Election Day!

Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 5th is election day! Who are you going to vote for? Do you know the names and positions of the candidates running in your district? Here is the link to the list of endorsed candidates from VSHL and National Right to Life: https://www.nrlc.org/uploads/records/2019NRLVSHLendorsements.pdf Not sure of your district? Find your district here: https://vshl.org/legislative-action-center#/voterinformation

by Ann November 2, 2019

Abortion Policy , General Assembly , Issues , Pro-Life Action

What We are Facing if Pro-Abortion Democrats Win in this Election Cycle

If you need a refresher about exactly what the pro-abortion members of the Virginia General Assembly intend for the Commonwealth of Virginia in the 2020 GA Session, please watch this short video:

by Ann October 23, 2019

If you ever needed a reason to get out and cast your vote, what more can we say than this: Every Pro-life law in Virginia hangs in the balance! Only one or two votes separate the pro-life and pro-abortion forces in the General Assembly. (To see a complete list of VSHL endorsed pro-life candidates, go to: https://www.nrlc.org/uploads/records/2019NRLVSHLendorsements.pdf) The People of Virginia saw and heard just how extreme the pro-abortion lobby ...

by VSHL October 5, 2019

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), if ratified, would amend the United States Constitution. The ERA would be used by pro-abortion, activist judges to do the following in ALL 50 states: Mandate Taxpayer Funding for AbortionAllow abortions through all nine months of pregnancyEliminate the Ban on Partial-Birth AbortionEliminate the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection ActEliminate the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment ActEliminate Women's Right-to-Know LawsEliminate Parental Notification and Consent LawsEliminate any other protective ...

by VSHL October 4, 2019

Physician explaining symptoms to patients during consultation

Thankfully Doctor-Assisted Suicide is currently illegal in Virginia. However, pro-death forces keep trying to find new ways to weaken and/or overturn the Virginia Law against Assisted Suicide. Thankfully our legislative team has been able to defeat all of these attempts so far. Information on Doctor-Assisted Suicide from the NRLC website and why we oppose it can be found here. The status of laws around the country can be found here ...