Abortion Access Advocates Release Documentary Featuring Virginians Sharing Their Abortion Stories Shine The Light: Abortion Access in Virginia is a four-part documentary series that will be released episodically online over the next few weeks. Virginia—Shine The Light: Abortion Access in Virginia is a documentary featuring four Virginians sharing what it was really like to have […]
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Women’s Equality Coalition Celebrates Supreme Court Decision in June Medical Services v. Russo
The Court upheld precedent and affirms that burdensome, medically-unnecessary restrictions on abortion access are unconstitutional. Washington, D.C.—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law requiringabortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges, reaffirming their 2016 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. By sticking to the precedent set in 2016, the Court affirmed that […]
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Virginia Will Become Safe Haven For Abortion Access as Reproductive Health Protection Act Becomes Law
Richmond, Virginia—Today, Governor Ralph Northam signed the Reproductive Health Protection Act into law. At a time when the country is facing an unprecedented public health crisis, and people continue to need access to essential reproductive healthcare, some anti-choice politicians in other states are attempting to delay or ban access to abortion by shutting down clinics. […]
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Activists Celebrate as Reproductive Health Protection Act Passes Senate Committee
This morning, dozens of reproductive health activists were out in full force at the Senate Education and Health Committee hearing on the Reproductive Health Protection Act. The committee reported the bill on a vote of 9-6, sending it to the Senate Floor for final passage before it goes to the Governor’s desk. The Reproductive Health […]
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Donald Trump’s Vice President To Campaign With Virginia Beach Republicans With Shared Agenda to Ban Abortion
Virginia Beach, Virginia—Donald Trump’s Vice President, Mike Pence, will campaign this weekend with Republicans in Virginia Beach. We’re sure they’ll have plenty to talk about–like their shared agenda to end access to abortion in Virginia. Here in Virginia, Republicans have been working hard to implement the Trump-Pence anti-abortion agenda. From mandatory ultrasounds and waiting periods […]
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Fact Check: Senator Dunnavant Votes to Limit Access to Abortion and Birth Control While Debra Rodman Would Protect Access to Abortion For All
Richmond, Virginia—Over the weekend, Senator Siobhan Dunnavant released a desperate and misleading ad attacking her opponent, Delegate Debra Rodman for her record on abortion access. Delegate Rodman has been a champion for abortion access and would make sure that everyone, regardless of income, race, or zip code, can access abortion if they need it. Senator […]
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Things I’m Over: Stigma Around Abortion
Spoiler Alert: This blog contains spoilers from season 3 of “The Bold Type”. On last Tuesday’s episode of “The Bold Type”, a show on Freeform profiling millennial women in the workplace, one of the main characters considered running for office. She was excited about her possible campaign, but became hesitant at the prospect of people […]
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Why I Spoke Out for Abortion Access
When I was 20, I was in the middle of my junior year in college when I found out I was pregnant. At the time, I was in a long term relationship with a boyfriend that was coming to an end and I was nearing the finish line of completing my degree. I couldn’t imagine […]
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Request for Proposals: 2019 Abortion Restrictions in Virginia Documentary Project
Proposal Due Date: April 19, 2019 Project Period: May 2019-December 2019 Project Purpose: Progress Virginia Education Fund (PVEF), in cooperation with partners NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia Foundation, Whole Woman’s Health Alliance, and NLIRH’s Virginia Latina Advocacy Network (the partners), seek qualified firms to submit proposals to plan and film a 20-30 minute documentary featuring stories from […]
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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 […]