VSHL President Olivia Gans Turner will be holding a Telephone Town Hall to discuss the recent session of the General Assembly and discuss what is coming, especially the “Right-to-Abortion” Amendment to the Virginia Constitution. Delegate Todd Gilbert Joining Olivia will be staunch staunch pro-life advocate and current Minority Leader in the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert. He was the delegate who questioned Del. Kathy Tran last year about her radical abortion bill ...
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VSHL President Olivia Gans Turner will be holding a Telephone Town Hall to discuss the recent session of the General Assembly and discuss what is coming, especially the "Right-to-Abortion" Amendment to the Virginia Constitution. Joining Olivia will be staunch staunch pro-life advocate and current Minority Leader in the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert. He was the delegate who questioned Del. Kathy Tran last year about her radical abortion bill when she ...
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Please download the Spring 2020 Virginia Pro-Life Report that highlights the 2020 session of the Virginia General Assembly. VSHL Spring 2020 Virginia Pro-Life Report.
Read MoreVSHL President discusses Gov. Northam pro-abortion bill signing on Good Friday. Olivia Gans Turner appeared via skype on Monday, April 13th to discuss Gov. Northam signing on Good Friday of the pro-abortion bill passed by the Virginia General Assembly that would eliminate Virginia's Woman's Right-to-Know legislation which included a waiting period and showing the ultrasound of the baby before every abortion. The legislation also allowed non-doctors to perform abortions.
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Governor Northam thought it was a good idea to sign the dreadful bill that overturned the protective Women’s Right to Know laws and Ultrasound law on Good Friday. Here is the text of the press release VSHL sent out today. Governor Northam Signs into Law Protections Abortionists "Today, as the deadline to sign into law bills that were passed by the 2020 General Assembly drew to a close, Gov. Ralph Northam kept a ...
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VSHL is aware that many news stories are circulating online that suggest plans are being made by leaders and hospital administrators to ration life saving treatment to some of the most vulnerable patients. One such story is here. VSHL will oppose any such proposal if made in Virginia. The right to life does not end when one is elderly, disabled or suffering form chronic illness. Deciding that vulnerable patients should not ...
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Olivia Gans Turner appeared on EWTN News Nightly on Thursday, January 30th, to discuss the pro-abortion legislation passed by the General Assembly.
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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 ...
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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 women and give them ...
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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 ...
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