UPDATE: Due to the Covid-19 state-wide lock-down the annual Alex and Geline B. Williams Pro-Life Oratory Contest is now virtual. All contestants will submit videos of their speeches. The deadline for submission has been extended to May 27, 2020. All local contests have been cancelled. The annual Alex and Geline B. Williams Oratory Contest, sponsored by the Virginia Society for Human Life Educational Fund, encourages high school juniors and seniors to ...
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While we all attempt to adapt to new rules to keep our loved ones safe from Coronavirus, COVID-19, Virginia’s Governor still thinks it makes sense to allow abortion facilities in the Commonwealth to continue to kill babies! On Wednesday, March 25th, the Governor issued another Public Health Emergency Order which directs “all hospitals to stop performing elective surgeries or procedures,” but the press release clarifies that the Order does not apply to “the ...
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Please make your 2020 VSHL Membership Dues payment without delay. Your 2020 Virginia Society for Human Life Membership is a symbol of your resolve to stand up for the unborn in the face of any and all odds.Your membership dues are vital to our on-going efforts to protect unborn babies from Governor Northam, Senator Saslaw, Delegate Tran, other pro-abortion elected officials and radical pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood. VSHL ...
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It is urgent that pro-life citizens contact their legislators to oppose SB 733/HB 980 right away. Pro-Abortion politicians in the House of Delegates tried to ram through SB 733 with out proper notice or a hearing. Also this week the Senate will hear the companion bill HB 980. Let your Delegate and Senator know today that you oppose these bills that would allow Abortionists to perform abortions ...
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Please use this link on our Legislative Action Center to send a message to your Congressman opposing the retroactive deadline extension for passage of the pro-abortion ERA. The Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 12 or 13 will bring to the House floor a resolution that would -- if the federal courts allow it -- insert the 1972 “Equal Rights Amendment” (ERA) into the U.S. Constitution. Pro-life ...
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Petition to the Virginia General Assembly toStop the Right-to-AbortionAmendment to the Virginia Constitution Whereas, Pro-Abortion Politicians are attempting to amend the Virginia Constitution to eliminate any and all restrictions on abortion up until birth; and Whereas, This amendment would codify Roe v. Wade into the Virginia Constitution; and Whereas, this amendment would strike down existing pro-life laws and permanently prevent passage of new pro-life laws like: Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Parental Consent Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Unborn ...
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Please oppose the Equal Rights Amendment because it could be used by the courts to mandate abortion-on-demand, paid for with tax dollars for all nine months of pregnancy in all 50 States.
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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
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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 ...
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