A Democratic-led Virginia Senate panel has defeated several bills that would have restricted abortion access in the state
FILE - Virginia Gov. Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth address to a joint session of the Virginia legislature in the House chamber in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 11, 2023. Virginia Senate Democrats defeated several bills Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, that would have restricted abortion access in the state, including a proposed 15-week ban with exceptions that was a priority for Youngkin. RICHMOND, Va.
Several similar measures are still alive in the Republican-controlled House of Delegates but have not yet begun to advance. Anything that clears the House is likely to also be defeated in the Senate. Virginia law currently allows abortion during the first and second trimesters. The procedure may be performed during the third trimester only if multiple physicians certify that continuing the pregnancy is likely to “substantially and irremediably” impair the mental or physical health of the woman or result in her death.
It would have allowed abortions through the second trimester before viability, defined as either 24 weeks or 22 weeks, if three physicians agree. “All three of the dangerous anti-abortion proposals before this committee represented grave threats to Virginians’ health and rights, and we are thrilled to now celebrate their defeat,” Jamie Lockhart, the executive director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, said in a statement.
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