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Virginians, Don’t Fall for the Abortion Amendment Deception

When Virginia’s political version of that now-infamous Hyrox endurance race begins on the 18th, the question will not be whether we will push ourselves to the point of losing control over our bodily functions. It will be whether voters are turning out because of the congressional races or the constitutional amendments.

There is an interesting subtext to the abortion amendment that goes beyond the misleading, if not downright fraudulent, language that will be on the ballot. It is the part of the state constitution that the amendment seeks to change: Article I, Section 11.

Background first. Unlike the U.S. Constitution, the Virginia Constitution does not have its Bill of Rights attached as 10 amendments. Instead, those provisions appear at the beginning as Article I.

So, the section that would be amended if the measure passes (and survives court proceedings. Josh Hetzler of the Founding Freedoms Law Center is already working on that) is Article I, Section 11, the due process section:

“That no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law;”

“That no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law;”

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