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Good News: Roe vs. Wade Overturned!

Here is the VSHL Press Release on the Dobbs Decision that finally overturn Roe vs. Wade VSHL Statement on the Overturning of Roe v. Wade The following may be attributed to Olivia Gans Turner, President of the Virginia Society for Human Life: Virginians should be elated that the Supreme Court has overturned the dreadful Roe v. Wade decision ...

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ACTION ALERT: STOP TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTION

Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortion in Virginia Now! Governor Youngkin sent a budget amendment to the General Assembly to stop taxpayer funding of abortion. This will be voted on TOMORROW, Friday, June 17th. The Governor’s amendment will prevent any funding of abortions in Virginia under Medicaid that go beyond those allowed under the Federal Hyde Amendment. It ...

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The 2022 Alex and Geline Williams Oratory Contest

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 prepare and present a short speech on one of these topics: abortion, infanticide or euthanasia. The contest is open to high school juniors and seniors in the 11th and 12th grades ...

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Wall Street Journal Poll the Latest to Show Support for Protective Legislation for Unborn Babies

For immediate release: Friday, April 1, 2022 For more information: Laura Echevarria, (202) 626-8825, mediarelations@nrlc.org Wall Street Journal Poll the Latest to Show Support for Protective Legislation for Unborn Babies WASHINGTON- Today, the Wall Street Journal released a national poll showing that more American voters support legislation protecting babies after 15-weeks’ gestation than those who are opposed to such legislation. The ...

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Join us in Richmond on February 9th for Defending Life Day

DEFENDING LIFE DAY On February 9, 2022, Virginians of good will from every district in the Commonwealth will come together in Richmond to meet directly with their legislators and encourage them to defend human life from the moment of conception to natural death. Please sign up to join us for this historic and vital effort. Please click ...

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Important Legislation for the 2022 Virginia General Assembly

Use the VSHL Legislative Action Center to Contact your State Senator and Delegate to Vote in Favor of these Key Pro-Life Bills. Women’s Right to Know law – New Informed Consent law HB 212 Abortion, right to informed consent Patron Del Karen Greenhalgh In 2020 pro-abortion members of the General Assembly dismantled most of Virginia’s protective pro-life laws, including ...

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