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Amendments Would Put Surrogacy, Transgenderism, And Abortion Up To Birth In Virginia Constitution

Virginia’s extreme abortion and same-sex union proposals are a grim reminder that for the left, there is no ‘moderation.’

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This Friday, Sept. 18, Virginia will begin early voting for the Nov. 3 election, which for residents is not only about the midterms, but also about two amendments, both introduced and sponsored by Northern Virginia Democrats. The Virginia Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment, an extremist abortion-until-birth measure, and the Virginia Remove Constitutional Same-Sex Marriage Ban Amendment are grim reminders that, for the left, there is no “moderation.”

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ran, infamously, as a moderate candidate — and she supports both proposed amendments. It’s further proof that when given the opportunity to radically broaden access to aborting babies, restricting religious freedom, or exploiting children through surrogacy, Democrats will take it.

A Most Radically Extreme ‘Reproductive Freedom’ Amendment

Virginia’s so-called “reproductive rights” amendment, introduced by House Majority Leader Charniele Herring, D-Alexandria, and sponsored in the Senate by Democrat Jennifer Boysko, seeks to insert unrestricted abortion directly into Virginia’s Constitution. “We’re one step closer to protecting the entire continuum of reproductive health care in Virginia, from contraception to miscarriage care as well as IVF,” Herring told The Washington Post.

Specifically, the amendment would unleash abortion in the state by adding a new section 11-A to Article I of the Virginia Constitution declaring that “every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom.” The constitutional language frames the changes in terms of so-called “care”: “prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, abortion care, miscarriage management, and fertility care.”

In fact, it would allow unregulated abortion, even for healthy babies — for any reason. It would reduce parental oversight, effectively restricting parents’ ability to intervene in irreversible decisions for underage daughters. And, in its........

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