Anti-Choice "TRAP"

Rather than focus on pressing issues like the economy, education and transportation, the very first bill pre-filed for 2012's General Assembly session threatens Virginia women's access to safe, legal abortion and birth control!

Anti-choice Delegate Bob Marshall, R-Prince William, filed H.B.1, which would grant "personhood” status to fertilized eggs. As our executive director, Tarina Keene told the Washington Post, H.B.1 would "outlaw abortion and could ban common forms of birth control.”

If this bill looks familiar, it is because voters in Mississippi just rejected a similar ballot measure in their state. Plus, Del. Marshall has tried to pass a bill granting "personhood” status to zygotes for the past several years. Last year, for the first time, the bill was passed by the House of Delegates before being defeated in the state Senate.

With the anti-choice victories this past November, we have our work cut out for us in defeating this far-reaching extreme legislation next year. That's where you come in.

Become a part of our Legislative Rapid Response Team to help stop this dangerous bill. Email us today at info@naralva.org and we'll give you more details on how you can get involved.

By becoming a part of our online, grassroots Legislative Rapid Response Team, you will help NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia lobby our legislators and reach out to pro-choice Virginians at a moment's notice!

Legislative Rapid Response Team members will be the first to know how they can help:

• Contact state legislators about choice-related legislation
• Write letters to the editor and op-eds
• Call pro-choice Virginians asking them to contact their legislators
• Spread the word about choice to your friends and neighbors

We will be on the ground in Richmond all session long, and will need your help more than ever before to raise the pro-choice voice across the state. Email info@naralva.org to sign up for the Legislative Rapid Response Team today and help us stop dangerous legislation like H.B.1 next year.