News Archives - Virginia Society for Human Life

by Sarah Dunford May 1, 2025

Virginia Society for Human Life Sights Tragic Report That Abortion is on the Rise in Virginia

Virginia Society for Human Life Sights Tragic Report That Abortion is on the Rise in Virginia The latest report from the pro-abortion Guttmacher organization indicates what many pro-lifers have feared for Virginia since the Dobbs decision in 2022. Abortion promoters are using the lack of protective pro-life laws and the virtually unregulated practice of abortion in the first two trimesters of pregnancy to turn the Commonwealth into a destination for abortions. ...

by Sarah Dunford April 30, 2025

One in 10 Women who use Abortion Drugs Face Major Health Risks

One in 10 Women who use Abortion Drugs Face Major Health Risks. A new large study conducted in America on women who have used the drug mifepristone to cause an abortion indicates that they face greater health risks than previously recognized—with 1 in 10 women facing serious health risks. The study conducted by the Ethics and Public Policy Center highlights the complications that women face from a drug that did not receive ...

by Sarah Dunford January 15, 2025

General Assembly , News , Pro-Life Action

Pro-abortion Virginia General Assembly Majority Moves Extreme Unlimited Abortion Up to Birth Amendment Forward

Pro-abortion Virginia General Assembly Majority Moves Extreme Unlimited Abortion Up to Birth Amendment Forward Determined abortion advocates in the House of Delegates moved the radical unlimited abortion up to birth amendment to the Virginia Constitution forward on Tuesday. The vote along party lines, followed a passionate debate on the floor of the House. More than 50 pro-life women and men from across Virginia came to the Capitol to attend the House Debate ...

by VSHL December 13, 2024

Every Donation until December 31st will be matched Dollar-For-Dollar up to $75,000. Please help our Pro-life Efforts in Virginia today. However you can help and whatever amount you can donate is greatly appreciated and will be used in our efforts to help protect unborn babies. Our main focus in 2025 will be to defeat the Abortion-until-Birth Amendment to the Virginia Constitution which will allow partial birth abortions, eliminate parental involvement ...

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 Sarah Dunford October 18, 2024

News

Pro-Life Doctors Push Back

Pro-Life Doctors Push Back Recent news stories and many comments by candidate commercials have suggested that protective, pro-life laws being passed in other states are dangerous for women. This is nothing more than typical pro-abortion manipulation designed to support their radical abortion agenda, including passage of amendments to state constitutions, These amendments will prevent passage of any rational pro-life laws and will overturn any remaining pro-life laws in the states where ...

by Sarah Dunford October 1, 2024

News

2024 VSHL Candidate Comparison

2024 Virgina Races: Candidate Comparisons Virginia Candidates for US Senate: Hung Cao vs. Tim Kaine Hung Cao is pro-life. He opposes abortion on demand, and he supports protection for unborn children. Hung Cao opposes the use of our tax dollars for abortion. He also opposes taxpayer funding of abortion providers. Hung Cao will vote to advance more care for women facing complicated pregnancy situations. Women are not helped by an agenda that ...

by VSHL June 24, 2024

Two years after the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision which reversed Roe v. Wade,Virginia faces a dangerous reality. We are the last state in the Southern region of America still permitting abortions throughout pregnancy with few regulations in place. Abortion promoters and facilities operate with virtually no oversight. Chemical abortion drugs are sent to women without any required physical examination before taking these powerful drugs. New abortion businesses ...

by VSHL June 14, 2024

The U.S Supreme Court released a decision today in the case Food and Drug Administration (FDA), et al. v. the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM) et al. regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decisions in 2016 and 2021 to loosen regulations of the abortion drug mifepristone and whether the challengers had standing to bring their case. Sadly, the Court unanimously ruled that the challenger, the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, did not ...

by VSHL April 6, 2024

Virginia Society for Human Life applauds Pro-life Governor Youngkin for vetoing two bills that allowed abortionists and other abortion business providers to evade valid laws in other states. The effect of these bills would have been to place Virginia in a position of ignoring the right of other states to hold reckless abortionists accountable for the crimes they may have committed in other states that have passed protective pro-life laws. ...