Early voting has begun in the Commonwealth and Virginians are already voting on the Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment, Question 1 on the ballot. I testified against the extremism hidden in this amendment before the Virginia House of Delegates Privileges and Elections Committee nearly two years ago, and my concerns fell on deaf ears. Virginians are now the last line of defense for women and the preborn.

The pro-abortion majority of the Virginia General Assembly drafted the language, referring an amendment to the ballot that misleads voters. “Reproductive freedom”, as defined by the ballot question posed to Virginians, is “the freedom to make personal decisions about prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, abortion, miscarriage management, and fertility care” and protections for abortion providers from being punished for the decisions women make.

This is problematic for two reasons. First, the question implies that women do not already have the right to make personal decisions about their reproductive care, with the exception of abortion. In the Dobbs decision, Justice Alito wrote “nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.”

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