Virginia General Assembly Sends the Right to Contraception Act to Governor Youngkin's Desk [View all]

[RandySF]

RICHMOND, Va. – Thanks to Democratic majorities in the Senate and House of Delegates, the General Assembly today sent the Virginia Right to Contraception Act to Governor Youngkin’s desk.

SB 1105, patroned by Senator Ghazala Hashmi (D-Richmond) and HB 1716, patroned by Delegate Marcia “Cia” Price (D-Newport News) would codify the right to obtain and use FDA-approved forms of contraception — including condoms, IUDs, the pill and emergency contraceptives.

Nearly every Republican in the state legislature voted against the bills, as did Lt. Governor Winsome Sears earlier in the session.

In his concurrence in the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe. v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas said the U.S. Supreme Court “should reconsider” the right to contraception next. On the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump said he was “looking at” restrictions on contraception. The Associated Press reported in January that some information about contraception was stripped from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website, while Project 2025 takes specific aim at emergency contraception. Meanwhile, legislation introduced in South Carolina this month would ban IUDs and emergency contraceptives.


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