Last week, Republican Delegate Kathy Byron proposed a constitutional amendment that would ban abortion for low income people. Byron believes that politicians have the right to deny a woman access to healthcare just because she’s poor. Byron’s amendment, HJ715, would do just that–-make abortion only available to those with means while cutting off low-income women […]
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3 Reasons We Need To Pass The Reproductive Health Equity Act
Many people think that because of Roe v. Wade, anyone can access reproductive health care, including abortion, any time they need it. But the reality is that thousands of Virginians still lack access to basic reproductive health care services because of discrimination and politicians who don’t trust women to make decisions for themselves and interfere […]
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Major Step Forward For Minimum Wage!
For the first time since we started introducing bills to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour–the last time Virginia raised the minimum wage was in 2009 –we won a major victory! On Monday, the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee voted to pass a $15 minimum wage! While this is a huge victory, we […]
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3 Ways We Made Virginia Better in 2018
2018 was a big year for progressives in Virginia! After our victories in 2017, we were all ready for something good to happen during the 2018 General Assembly session and beyond, and it did. Read below to learn more about the top three things we accomplished in 2018 to make life better for people in […]
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Three Reasons Why Brett Kavanaugh Is Wrong for the Supreme Court
In July, Trump announced his nominee for the Supreme Court following Justice Kennedy’s retirement. We all knew the nominee would be bad, but the nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, is worse than we thought. Here are the top three reasons he would take us backwards for the next 40 years and why we can’t let him get […]
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There’s Still Time To Demand Healthcare for Virginia
Friday, March 23 was the Affordable Care Act’s 8th birthday, and we spent the day celebrating the gains we have made and demanding that anti-healthcare legislators like Rep. Scott Taylor (R—VA-02) stop blocking our access to life-saving healthcare. Conservatives like Taylor have spent the last eight years trying their best to repeal the popular healthcare […]
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“For Our Families” Campaign Launches To Expose Scott Taylor’s Record on Undermining Tidewater Families
“For Our Families” Campaign Launches to Expose Scott Taylor’s Record on Undermining Tidewater Families Seven-figure campaign will educate constituents on Taylor’s support for repealing the ACA and support of the #TrumpTax Virginia Beach—Advocates this week launched “For Our Families,” a new campaign to hold Congressman Scott Taylor accountable for his votes against working families in […]
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On the 8th Anniversary of the ACA, Rep. Scott Taylor Continues to Betray Constituents on Healthcare
Friday, March 23 marks the 8th anniversary of the day President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. The landmark bill allowed huge numbers of people to get affordable and desperately needed health insurance coverage. In 2018, almost half a million Virginians (400,015) signed up to get coverage through Virginia’s healthcare exchange. Without […]
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On International Women’s Day, Republicans Continue to Block Health Care for Women
On International Women’s Day, Republicans Continue to Block Health Care for Women Richmond, Virginia—On International Women’s Day, while bipartisan support grows for expanding access to healthcare, extremist Republicans in the State Senate and Congress continue to fight to deny women access to the care they need. The Senate Republican Caucus in Virginia is still fighting […]
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Conservative Lawmakers Hide their Opposition to Minimum Wage Bills
Kristina McClure goes to work every day to support herself and her two children. But instead of coming home after a hard day’s work to her two kids, Kristina comes home to an empty house. Why? Because, as a minimum wage worker who only earns $7.25 an hour, Kristina had to ask her parents to […]