Virginia – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

02 May

Virginia bill creates reproductive protections overturned by Trump

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Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger made a minor change to a bill that will make it a Class 1 misdemeanor to obstruct access to reproductive health care facilities. This is one of several bills passed this session to protect reproductive rights.

30 Apr

Virginia General Assembly passes law requiring insurance coverage for contraceptive care

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The Virginia General Assembly passes law requiring insurance coverage for contraceptive care

19 Apr

Reproductive Freedom for All Applauds Virginia Governor Spanberger for Signing the Right to Contraception Act

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Governor Abigail Spanberger signed the Right to Contraception Act into law, ensuring that Virginians can access contraceptives without government interference. This was a victory years in the making after former Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed similar legislation.

03 Apr

Virginia lawmakers send contraception-access bills to governor’s desk

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Measures would expand insurance coverage and create a state-level right as federal policy remains in flux.

03 Apr

VG Democratic Governor Spanberger weighs contraception rights bill ahead of November reproductive rights amendment vote

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With hundreds of bills awaiting action, Gov. Abigail Spanberger is weighing legislation tied to reproductive rights, including a measure that involves reproductive rights.

25 Mar

Virginia joins states challenging Trump admin regulations that limit free birth control access

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Virginia lawmakers are also pursuing a state-level right to contraception proposal that Democratic Gov. Spanberger could sign into law this year.

07 Mar

Virginia’s Bedford County supervisor files suit challenging reproductive rights constitutional amendment

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Lawsuit claims abortion ballot initiative is invalid because Virginia’s House of Delegates did not distribute it to all circuit court clerks and post it for public inspection three months prior to the 2025 House of Delegates election.

22 Feb

Bill that would guarantee right to contraception passes in Virginia Senate

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‘I did not think in my lifetime I would have to do this much work to protect access to the birth control pill,’ said Del. Marcia Price.

18 Feb

Contraception Bills Continue to Move Forward in Virginia General Assembly

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Senator Jennifer Carroll Foy (D-Prince William) and reproductive rights advocates from REPRO Rising Virginia, Birth in Color, Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Americans for Contraception, and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia addressed the issue of contraceptive coverage

14 Feb

A constitutional amendment on reproductive rights is headed to Virginia’s ballot, here’s what it would do.

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Abortion remains legal in Virginia, but advocates say that could change with shifting political power. A constitutional amendment would make reproductive rights far harder to roll back.

19 Jan

Virginia lawmakers send reproductive rights amendment toward November vote

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Measure advances after party-line debate as Democrats cite urgency amid regional abortion restrictions.

23 Dec

Commentary

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Virginia helped pioneer IVF. It’s time to lead again Forty-four years ago on Dec. 28, my mother gave birth to me, the first baby in the U.S. conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). I exist because of science, and most importantly, because my parents had access to this groundbreaking new healthcare in Virginia.

21 Nov

Commentary: Side effects of the Virginia Fundamental Right to Reproductive Freedom

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Bodily Autonomy, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

A proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution, called the “Fundamental Right to Reproductive Freedom,” is looming on the horizon like the threat of a mushroom cloud, and now we have a legislature primed to launch the aircraft and drop the bomb.

07 Nov

Centra South Side Community Hospital to close labor and delivery unit in Farmville

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Virginia’s South Side maternal health care desert is about to get a little drier. Centra Southside Community Hospital plans to discontinue its labor and delivery services mid-December as part of a consolidation of women’s health care with Centra’s Lynchburg locations.

25 Aug

Fairfax abortion allegations fuel new political firestorm in Virginia governor’s race

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The unproven claims have become campaign fodder for Republicans, with Democrats stressing parental involvement while awaiting results of a state police investigation.