Reproductive Rights
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How a Virginia Physician’s Abortion Nearly 50 Years Ago Helped Her Have the Family and Medical Career She Dreamed Of
In 1974, Lisa Kaplowitz was 23 years old and in her final year of medical school at the University of Chicago. She was looking forward to graduation. She had been married for a few years and was enrolled in a study of a new copper IUD. Kaplowitz and her husband were “compulsive about contraception,” so…
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Here’s Where Abortion Legislation in Virginia Stands Following ‘Crossover Day’
Many anti-abortion bills were defeated, as Republican lawmakers focused on passing a handful of “less ambitious” abortion bills. Democrats scored a win for reproductive freedom with the passage of Senate Joint Resolution 255, which would protect the fundamental right to reproductive freedom in the state constitution.
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Here’s How Democrats and Local Advocates Are Fighting for Reproductive Freedom in Virginia
While restricting and eliminating reproductive rights has emerged as a top priority for Virginia Republicans this legislative session, state Democrats and several local advocacy groups have made protecting and advancing those rights their priority.
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Virginia Republicans Continue Working to Restrict Reproductive Freedom
Restricting or outright eliminating reproductive rights has emerged as a top priority for Virginia Republicans in 2023’s legislative session.
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Restricting Reproductive Freedom Is a Top Priority for Virginia Republicans
Several anti-abortion rights bills have been introduced in Virginia for 2023’s legislative session. Here’s a breakdown.
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This Virginia House of Delegates Candidate May Be ‘The Only Politician Who’s Ever Performed an Abortion’
Kellen Squire writes in a new essay that the perspective of those with firsthand experience with abortion care is something that’s missing from politics.
