{"id":195365,"date":"2019-01-29T20:18:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T02:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=195365"},"modified":"2019-01-31T12:28:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T18:28:17","slug":"virginia-democrat-abortion-bill-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/virginia-democrat-abortion-bill-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Democrat admits bill allows for abortion… even during labor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE 1\/30\/19: Virginia’s Repeal Act will not move forward. Live Action News reached out to Rep. C. Todd Gilbert’s office who said the bill will not leave the subcommittee and no action will be taken on it. The Washington Free Beacon said the Repeal Act “when put to a vote… was\u00a0defeated<\/a>” and The Daily Progress reports that it was killed<\/a>. The Washington Times and other sources<\/a> are reporting that the bill has been tabled<\/a>\u00a0or suspended. Nearly half of the Democratic caucus supported it, despite the fact that it allowed for the abortion of viable babies even if the mother was in active labor.<\/p>\n

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1\/29\/19: Virginia Rep. Kathy Tran has introduced a bill<\/a>\u00a0— HB 2491<\/a> — that would allow for abortion up until birth in cases in which the health or life of the mother is at risk. The Repeal Act would remove all existing abortion restrictions in the state of Virginia, and as Tran has admitted, that includes allowing abortion even when a woman is in active labor about to deliver her child.<\/em><\/p>\n

During a hearing, Virginia House majority leader Todd Gilbert pressed Tran on the facts of the bill while she tried to uncomfortably tiptoe around the truth:<\/p>\n