Virginia – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

25 Jul

Open letter to Earle-Sears reflects Va. voters’ shifting sentiments on reproductive health care

RileyLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia, Voting

As Virginia weighs whether or not to enshrine reproductive health care in its constitution, the issue is playing a significant role in the upcoming elections for governor and motivating voters across party lines — including some who say it’s reshaping how they plan to vote this fall.

08 Jul

New Va. law protecting reproductive health data prompts Walmart’s online data collection pop-ups

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Disclosure pop-ups about the “cookies,” or other aggregate bits of data websites collect and store aren’t an uncommon experience while shopping online. What’s less common: when a pop-up indicates that your potential purchase of condoms, birth control medication or menstrual hygiene products is being noted digitally, a message Virginians have started seeing when they shop virtually for such products.

24 Jun

Anti-abortion group targets Democrats to stop Va.’s reproductive rights constitutional amendment

ChaseLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Women Speak Out Virginia is sending 100 people out to knock on 150,000 doors in Richmond and Virginia Beach between now and late July. Their aim: influence voters to elect candidates this fall who oppose a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine reproductive rights into Virginia’s constitution.

02 Jun

‘Care is resistance.’ Va. free health clinics strategize survival after state, federal funding cuts

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Richmond’s Health Brigade considers selling building to counter lost funding and keep offering services to uninsured or underinsured residents

22 May

More access, less cost: Spanberger lays out health care plans if she wins Virginia governorship

DoryLatest NewsBodily Autonomy, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Virginia, Vote

While Abigail Spanberger’s former congressional colleagues stayed up late Tuesday night debating proposed cuts to Medicaid in a jumbo GOP bill to reduce federal spending, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee outlined her health care-focused plans if she becomes Virginia’s next governor Wednesday morning at a local independent pharmacy in Mechanicsville.

08 May

Right-to-contraception bills highlight key reproductive health care debate in this year’s elections

CoreyLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Contraception access is an issue resonating loudly within Virginia’s public and political spheres this year and last week, it manifested through state lawmakers contrasting Virginia’s twice-failed attempt to protect access to birth control medications against a similar measure that recently sailed through neighboring Tennessee’s legislature.

06 May

Right-to-contraception bills highlight key reproductive health care debate in this year’s VA elections

RandyLatest NewsContraception, Elections, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Virginia

Contraception access is an issue resonating loudly within Virginia’s public and political spheres this year and last week, it manifested through state lawmakers contrasting Virginia’s twice-failed attempt to protect access to birth control medications against a similar measure that recently sailed through neighboring Tennessee’s legislature.

04 Feb

Doctors who provide abortion, transgender care could get legal protections under Virginia bill

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion travel, Bill, Doctors, gender affirming care, gender affirming care travel, Health care, legislation, Out of State, out of state patients, protections, Reproductive care, state sovereignty, Trans Rights, transgender health care, United States, Virginia

“Virginia moved closer Monday to shielding doctors from extradition if they provide reproductive or gender-affirming healthcare to out-of-state patients, advancing legislation that underscores the deepening divide over healthcare access and state sovereignty. The Senate narrowly passed Senate Bill 1098, sponsored by Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield, which would block the extradition of health care providers facing criminal charges in other states for performing medical services that are legal in Virginia. Every Republican opposed the measure….”

17 Jan

Parental rights at center of reproductive health debate

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Democrats push constitutional amendment and contraception protections; GOP raises oversight concerns. Republicans are ramping up opposition to Democrat-led efforts to protect abortion and contraception access, claiming the proposals undermine parental rights in minors’ healthcare decisions. As these measures advance in the legislature, the battle over oversight is heating up.

12 Dec

Early voting kicks off in Virginia’s key special elections as reproductive rights take center stage

DoryLatest Newslegislation, Reproductive rights, United States, Virginia, Voting

Early voting began on Wednesday for two key special elections in Virginia’s General Assembly, with reproductive rights groups urging support for the Democratic nominees.

15 Nov

Virginia House of Delegates committee advances 3 constitutional amendments

AlanLatest NewsVirginia

Three amendments to the state’s constitution will be up for consideration during the 2025 General Assembly session, with lawmakers set to vote on amendments related to abortion, felon voting rights and same-sex marriage.

14 Nov

Virginia Democrats advance efforts to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equality

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Rights, Constitution, Democrats, legislature, marriage equality, United States, Virginia

“Democrats who control both chambers of the Virginia legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access. The House Privileges and Elections Committee advanced three proposed constitutional amendments Wednesday, including a measure to protect reproductive rights. Its members also discussed measures to repeal a now-defunct state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and ways to revise Virginia’s process to restore voting rights for people who served time for felony crimes….”

04 Oct

‘How do you treat a person who isn’t the standard in this post-Roe world?’

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Post-Dobbs, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Abortion patients, new report highlight barriers to accessing care despite Virginia’s fewer restrictions.

01 Nov

‘There is no ban’: Republicans test-drive new abortion messaging

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Ban, Advertisement, Partisan issue, Republican ad, United States, Virginia

"The ad opens with the sound of a fetal heartbeat. “Most people believe that abortion at the moment of birth is wrong, far beyond any reasonable limit. Not Virginia Democrats,” a female narrator says, just before the sound of a baby cooing and crying. “They fought to make late-term abortions the rule, not the exception.” At the end of the ad, the heartbeat flatlines...."

16 Oct

Virginia elections offer a test case on abortion ahead of 2024

BarbraUnited StatesAbortion Rights, legislation, United States, Virginia

STAFFORD, Virginia, Oct 16 (Reuters) - At a community fair in Stafford, Virginia, this month, Britainy Riggins approached Democratic state Senate candidate Joel Griffin with a single question: Did he support a woman's right to have an abortion