Virginia General Assembly Opens the Door to Expanded Taxpayer Funded Abortions
The pro-abortion majority at the General Assembly successfully moved their agenda forward this month with the passage of two bills that will remove prohibitive, protective language in the law that prevents funding elective abortions in health care exchanges sold in Virginia. Claims that this bill will not require new abortion funding are ...
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VSHL President Olivia Gans Turner was interviewed in a story on legislation that lead to taxpayer funding of abortions. The story appeared in January on WAVY's website. From the story: In a hearing earlier this week, McLellan said removing the prohibition would not lead to taxpayers paying for abortions. However, Olivia Gans Turner, president of the ...
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This week, the Virginia House of Delegates will vote on a bill recently passed by the Virginia Senate, which ensures parental involvement in their child's health. SB 1235 requires that, before any Virginia Department of Health staff or agent may speak with a minor on any sexual issue, including pregnancy, they must first have the consent of a parent. It is ...
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Urgent Action Now! The Senate and House bills that will remove the protective pro-life regulations prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortion in Virginia health care exchanges passed last week. Now those bills must be voted on again in the opposite Chamber of the General Assembly. This is our last chance to prevent this bill from being signed ...
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HB 2199 is a bill that would acknowledge that a stillborn child was indeed a birth in a family. It recognizes that a couple preparing for the birth of that child should not be told that their baby wasn’t a child or a member of their family-- even as they are grieving the early death ...
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Urgent Action Now! Virginia Senate voting to allow state health care plans to cover abortion. Yesterday a Virginia Senate Committee voted to remove rules preventing abortion coverage. SB1276 removes protective pro-life language from the law regarding health care exchanges. The removal of the prohibition means that, if this becomes law, Virginia taxpayers will soon be paying for plans ...
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