NEWS & UPDATES
NEWS & UPDATES
NEWS & UPDATES
NEWS & UPDATES
Press Release: Youngkin Vetoes Bills That Protect Patients Seeking Abortion Care
"These vetoes infringe on the personal freedom of all Virginians," said Nakita Mayfield, Director of the Virginia Reproductive Equity Alliance. "Politicians should not intervene in medical care. Gov. Youngkin is playing politics with people's lives and we should be outraged."
VICTORY! VA Reproductive Equity Bills have passed through both chambers of the VA legislature. Now what?
The following bills are headed to Governor Youngkin’s desk:
SB238 + HB819: Contraceptive Equity Act: eliminates barriers to receiving contraceptive care
SB716 + HB519: Protect VA Health workers “board of medicine” Bill: prohibits disciplinary action from the Board of Medicine against a doctor based on the alleged provision or receipt of abortion care
SB16 + HB78: Menstrual data privacy: prohibits legal action, i.e. warrant or court order, to procure menstrual data
SB15: Extradition Prohibition, reproductive health services: protects patients who come to VA to receive reproductive healthcare from states with bans
HB1539: extradition prohibition, reproductive health services w/ consumer data privacy protections: protects patients who come to VA to receive reproductive healthcare from states with bans
Update on the Contraceptive Equity Act
On Advocacy Day, January 22nd, we testified for the Contraceptive Equity Act before the VA Senate Commerce and Labor Committee. Representatives from National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Repro Rising VA, and Birth in Color all spoke about the need to eliminate barriers to accessing contraceptive care as part of comprehensive Reproductive Justice.
The Virginia Reproductive Equity Alliance Joins Together with Reproductive Freedom Legislative Champions to Introduce a State Constitutional Amendment for Reproductive Freedom
Richmond, Virginia—The Virginia Reproductive Equity Alliance and legislative reproductive freedom champions are introducing a constitutional amendment into the 2023 legislative session. The amendment guarantees that the state cannot deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most personal decisions, including their fundamental right to abortion care. Taking action now is critical to restoring the protections we lost with the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Hundreds rally against SCOTUS decision in Norfolk
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade, hundreds of protesters filled Lafayette Park in Norfolk on Sunday.
The Next Major Reproductive Freedom Movement Has Begun—and It’s Creating Something Way More Powerful Than Roe
AYÉ JOHNSON (they/homie), community and volunteer engagement accomplice, from Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project (RRFP) is featured for their work with the local fund.
Hundreds rally for abortion rights in Norfolk following Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
NORFOLK, Va. - In the days since the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, rallies for and against abortion rights have popped up across the country.
Sunday, hundreds of people gathered in Norfolk's Lafayette Park to protest the court's ruling and share their own stories in the hopes of helping others understand their view.
‘Like waking up in a brave, new and terrible world’: Protesters gather in Norfolk after overturning of Roe v. Wade
“At the end of the day, we want to de-stigmatize abortion,” said Michaela Parris, communications director for REPRO Rising Virginia. “We want to show people that everybody deserves the access to abortion.”