On Tuesday, the North Carolina State Senate overrode a veto by Governor Roy Cooper on a bill to prevent abortions after 12 weeks. While this new law will save many lives in North Carolina, abortion remains legal before 12 weeks. Most abortions happen during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. Now Virginia Democrats are announcing their intention to make Virginia a “destination state” for abortions. With critical elections in Virginia this ...
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The Alexandria City Council has voted to allow abortion businesses to open in commercial and mixed-use areas thereby creating storefront abortion centers. The Council voted on Saturday after a heated public meeting during which many pro-life residents shared their opposition to the change. For over a week, the public had also been able to send messages to the council members regarding this new rule. In the end, the Alexandria City Council ...
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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 ...
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In 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 ...
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After 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 ...
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This 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 ...
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Today, 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 ...
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VSHL Press Release Virginia Society for Human Life is pleased that Governor Youngkin is moving forward with his promise to offer a bill that will protect pain capable unborn babies by preventing gruesome abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. 18 states have passed pain capable laws that are currently protecting babies and their mothers from the dangerous late term abortions that were often allowed under Roe v. Wade. There is solid support across all ...
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UPDATE: Matching Fund is now $45,000. Please donate by December 31st to help VSHL complete the Matching Fund. Every Donation until December 31st will be matched Dollar-For-Dollar up to $45,000. 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. Your gift will help VSHL keep our pro-life programs ...
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Virginia Society for Human Life is very pleased to see Arlington Diocese Bishop Burbidge elected to serve as the new chair for the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities. Bishop Burbidge has been outspoken in his commitment to making pro-life issues a centerpiece of the activities in the Arlington Diocese and the Commonwealth of Virginia. His commitment to helping mothers and babies through NoVA’s pregnancy services network is just part of ...
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