| Pro-Choice Legislation: |
| Birth Control Protection Act |
| Bill Number: |
HB1071 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Left in Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Kristen Amundson |
Defines birth control as contraceptive methods that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Protects women's timely access to FDA approved contraception. Click here for a fact sheet!
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| FDA Approved Contraception in the Family Life Education Guidelines |
| Bill Number: |
HB1403 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Left in Committee on Education |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Jennifer McClellan |
Requires instruction on the use of Food and Drug Administration approved methods of contraception to be added to the family life education curriculum in public schools. Click here for a factsheet!
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| FDA Contraception in the Family Life Education Guidelines |
| Bill Number: |
SB155 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Reported from Education and Health, 9-6; Failed in the Senate 17-22 |
| Sponsor(s): |
Senator Donald McEachin |
Requires instruction on the use of Food and Drug Administration approved methods of contraception to be added to the family life education curriculum in public schools. Click here for a factsheet!
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| Infant Mortality Prevention Act |
| Bill Number: |
HB 1190 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Left in Appropriations |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Brian Moran |
Requires certain measures designed to lower the infant mortality rate in the Commonwealth, including expanding FAMIS eligibility for pregnant women with an income level up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level and providing coverage for one year postpartum; and prohibiting the state from charging copayments for prenatal services for state employees.
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| Parents' Right to Know |
| Bill Number: |
HB283 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Left in Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate David Toscano |
Requires school districts to notify parents and distribute a description of their Family Life Education program before instruction begins to encourage parental guidance and involvement. If the curriculum being taught is abstinence-only, the notice home must indicate that the student will only receive information about abstinence, and that the curriculum does not meet the Board of Education's Family Life Education guidelines. Click here for a factsheet!
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| Anti-Choice Legislation: |
| Abstinence Only Funding |
| Bill Number: |
Budget Item 297 #7 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Failed on the Senate Floor, 18-19 |
| Sponsor(s): |
Ken Cuccinelli |
Reverses Governor Kaine's decision to eliminate $275,098 of state funding for abstinence only programs.
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| Causing an abortion or miscarriage; criminal penalties |
| Bill Number: |
HB 1126 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Passed the House 68-31; Failed in Senate Education and Health, 9-5 |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Chris Jones |
Amends the Code of Virginia to include the pregnant woman among those who can be prosecuted for causing harm to a fetus with the intent of causing a miscarriage or abortion. Click here for a factsheet. |
| Double Physician Requirement |
| Bill Number: |
HB422 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Left in Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Robert Marshall |
Requires confirmation by two physicians to confirm that the fetus is not viable before providing an abortion.
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| Fetal Anesthesia |
| Bill Number: |
HB1556 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Passed House of Delegates, 68-31; Failed in Senate Education and Health, 10-5 |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Benjamin Cline |
Requires physicians performing abortions at 20 or more weeks to offer to administer fetal anesthesia to pregnant women, against the advice of mainstream medical organizations. Click here for a fact sheet!
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| Further Restrictions on Abortion Funding |
| Bill Number: |
Budget Item 4-5.04#1h [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Passed the House, 60-36; Removed from final version of budget |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Robert Marshall |
Further restricts Medicaid funding for abortions by prohibiting funding in situations of substantial endangerment to the health of the woman or severe, incapacitating fetal abnormality.
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| Mandatory Ultrasound |
| Bill Number: |
HB1315 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Passed House of Delegates, 62-37; Failed in Senate Education and Health, 11-4 |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Kathy Byron |
Requires a woman to undergo ultrasound even if not medically necessary. Requires that abortion providers obtain costly ultrasound equipment, even if not medically necessary for patient care. Click here for a factsheet!
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| Near Total Abortion Ban |
| Bill Number: |
HB81 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Left in Committee on Rules |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Robert Marshall |
Imposes near-total criminal ban on abortion. Includes an exception only to prevent a woman's death. Would take effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court or constitutional amendment.
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| Sex Education in Public Schools |
| Bill Number: |
HB1538 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Continued on to 2009 in Committee on Education |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Brenda Pogge |
Prohibits any organization that provides abortion services, such as Planned Parenthood, from providing information or course materials for Family Life Education programs in public schools.
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| Sex Education in Public Schools |
| Bill Number: |
SB542 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Failed in Education and Health, 10-4 |
| Sponsor(s): |
Senator Mark Obenshain |
Prohibits any organization that provides abortion services, such as Planned Parenthood, from providing information or course materials for Family Life Education programs in public schools.
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| Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers |
| Bill Number: |
SB437 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Failed in Education and Health, 10-5 |
| Sponsor(s): |
Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel |
Requires abortion providers to meet onerous and unnecessary architectural and other standards, effectively making abortion unavailable in Virginia. Click here for a fact sheet!
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| Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers |
| Bill Number: |
HB670 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Left in Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Robert Marshall |
Subjects abortion providers to burdensome restrictions. Requires abortion providers comply with extensive, costly, medically unnecessary physical plant, and administrative requirements. Severely restricts where abortion facilities may be located. Restricts young people's access to family planning and abortion services by requiring parental consent prior to a young woman entering the premises of any abortion provider. Click here for a fact sheet!
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| Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers |
| Bill Number: |
HB894 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Passed House 60-37; Failed in Senate Education and Health, 10-5 |
| Sponsor(s): |
Delegate Matthew Lohr |
Requires abortion providers to meet onerous and unnecessary architectural and other standards, effectively making abortion unavailable in Virginia. Click here for a fact sheet!
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