For Immediate Release: January 14, 2025
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State’s Six-Month Abortion Limit Isn’t Enough For Dems
RICHMOND, Va. – In one of the first orders of business of the 2025 legislative session, the Virginia House of Delegates voted this morning to further a constitutional amendment allowing abortion at any point in pregnancy. The amendment would also eliminate parental rights, remove basic health regulations that protect women and force taxpayers to fund abortion. The vote broke along party lines with 51 Democrats voting in favor and 48 Republicans opposing.
To be placed on the ballot, the amendment must clear the Senate and be approved by the General Assembly again after the November election. The amendment would eliminate Virginia’s current law limiting abortion at 27 weeks, during the sixth month of pregnancy.
SBA Pro-Life America Regional Political Director Caitlin Connors commented on the vote:
“Virginia already allows abortion in the sixth month of pregnancy, but that isn’t enough for Democrats. Their eagerness to break legislative protocol to make third-trimester abortions one of the first votes of 2025 shows just how extreme the Democrat party has become. Their actions are a reminder of the high stakes of Virginia’s legislative races this year. GOP candidates must expose their opponents’ radical agenda for all-trimester abortion, the elimination of parental rights and forced taxpayer funding of abortion.”
In contrast, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s budget proposal includes measures to help mothers and protect more unborn children. His budget would stop state funding of abortions of babies with disability diagnoses and provide more than $4 million for pilot programs to improve maternal health, more OB-GYN residencies, and expansion of doula and midwife support.
By six months gestation, a baby born prematurely can survive outside of the womb. At 22 weeks, the baby has an 18.9% probability of surviving their first year. The odds increase to 81.7% at 25 weeks gestation. During this stage, the baby not only responds to touch and practices breathing but responds to sound and light and can grasp objects.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is a network of more than one million pro-life Americans nationwide, dedicated to ending abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws that save lives, with a special calling to promote pro-life women leaders.
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