VA Senate Democrats Join VA Planned Parenthood To Discuss The Future Of Abortion Rights in Commonwea
In the wake of recent abortion bans being passed in North and South Carolina, Virginia Senate Democrats held a press call with Parenthood Advocates Of Virginia to discuss the impact of these new restrictions on Virginians and the stakes for reproductive freedom in the upcoming General Assembly elections.
“Republicans have not been shy about their plans to end Virginians’ freedom to make their own health care decisions. Republican candidates for the General Assembly this year have promised to completely defund Planned Parenthood and ban abortions with no exceptions to protect the health of the mother or for victims of rape and incest…The fundamental freedom to make your own health care decisions is at stake in this year’s elections,” said Virginia Senate Caucus Chair Mamie Locke.
“We’ve seen what has happened over the past year since Dobbs. Republican state legislatures across this country have passed dangerous new abortion bans that will make it harder for women to get the care they need…This past year we saw Republicans in the General Assembly try to pass various bills restricting abortion access. But as promised, we defeated all of those bills,” said Senator Louise Lucas.
“We’ve seen the consequences of these extreme abortion bans in other states. Women have been forced to give birth even when it puts their lives at risk or their pregnancies are nonviable…I can tell you personally as someone who nearly died in my own pregnancy giving birth, I can say that the stakes are just too high…Democrats have made tremendous progress recently expanding our access to health care and making our commonwealth a safer place to live and raise a family. A ban on abortion would take us backwards,” said Senator Jennifer Boysko.
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