House District 86 (including the towns of Herndon and Sterling, as well as Chantilly) is an overwhelmingly pro-choice district yet it is under the leadership of anti-choice Delegate Tom Rust. This November 3rd, voters in the 86th have the opportunity to elect an 100% pro-choice and 100% pro-prevention candidate, Stevens Miller.

We wanted to provide voters with a little more information about why NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia PAC endorsed Stevens Miller, and why we are both frustrated and disappointed with Delegate Tom Rust when it comes to reproductive rights and women's health.

CLICK HERE to read our Press Release explaining our endorsement of Stevens Miller.

Here's an abridged version of some of the most egregiously anti-reproductive healthcare votes Delegate Rust has acted upon over the past seven years:

1. Rust voted in favor of 2007 Budget Amendment 4-5.04 to prohibit Medicaid funding in cases of rape, incest, and profound fetal abnormality.
2. Rust voted in favor of 2002 HB563 which would have allowed health care providers to refuse to dispense emergency contraception in emergency rooms and pharmacists to refuse to fill birth control prescriptions.
3. Rust voted in favor of 2007 HB 1883 to require abortion clinics to face TRAP laws- targeted regulation of abortion providers. This would have effectively shut down almost, if not all, clinics in Virginia, attempting to hold them to architectural standards that most medical clinics do not meet.
4. Rust voted in favor 2006 HB 164 for the Family Life Education to include abstinence as ‘the accepted norm’ and that ‘heterosexual marriage’ must be honored.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call or email Emily at emily@naralva.org or (202) 530 4168.