Virginia Society for Human Life applauds Pro-life Governor Youngkin for vetoing two bills that allowed abortionists and other abortion business providers to evade valid laws in other states. The effect of these bills would have been to place Virginia in a position of ignoring the right of other states to hold reckless abortionists accountable for the crimes they may have committed in other states that have passed protective pro-life laws. ...
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On October 2nd, at the home of Rear Admiral Thomas Steffens and Mrs. Ellie Steffens, Attorney General Miyares keynoted an event for VSHL to help raise funds to defend Virginia against efforts to a pass a “Right to Abortion” amendment to the State Constitution. Attorney General Miyares's comments honored the legacy of VSHL at the General Assembly and the success of the many pro-life bills VSHL guided through to passage. He focused ...
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Opportunities to share information about the pro-life issues facing Virginia are many during the summer fair season. June saw two events and the VSHL team took to the road to share information about VSHL programs for young people as well as the threat posed by the “Right to Abortion” amendment to the Virginia Constitution. If pro-abortion legislators gain control of the General Assembly in the 2023 election cycle, there will ...
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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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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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On October 1, abortionists in the Commonwealth of Virginia will begin distributing deadly chemical abortions to women via tele-med visits. Virginia will be one of only a handful of states with tele-med abortions due to a 2020 change in the law by pro-abortion radicals in the General Assembly. “Pro-abortion advocates are celebrating women’s lives and health being placed at risk,” said Olivia Gans Turner, president of Virginia Society for Human Life. ...
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