{"id":262631,"date":"2022-02-14T18:39:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T00:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=262631"},"modified":"2022-02-14T00:37:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T06:37:32","slug":"virginia-senate-kills-bill-abortion-20-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/virginia-senate-kills-bill-abortion-20-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Senate kills bill protecting preborn babies at 20 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pro-abortion Senators in Virginia have\u00a0blocked a bill<\/a> that would have prevented most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The bill, introduced by Senator Amanda Chase, would have prohibited abortions after 20 weeks unless the mother’s life was at risk or she faced serious damage to a major bodily function (although abortion is never medically necessary<\/a>). It failed to pass the\u00a0Senate Education and Health Committee with a 9-6 party-line vote.<\/p>\n

According to ABC News<\/a>, similar legislation is currently being considered in the House, but legislators are not confident in its advancement.\u00a0\u201cWe are not docketing the 20-week bill,\u201d said Delegate Rob Bell, chair of the House Courts of Justice Committee. \u201cWe do not see a path for that bill to pass the House and Senate and get to the governor\u2019s desk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood hailed the bill’s block.\u00a0\u201cLike all abortion restrictions, this ban was designed to deny people power over their own bodies, lives, and futures and would have been devastating for patients,” said<\/a>\u00a0Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia Executive Director Jamie Lockhart. “Planned Parenthood trusts Virginians to make their own decisions about their health care in consultation with their trusted providers \u2013 not politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Virginia elects its first Black female lieutenant governor who \u2018supports the babies in the womb\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n