{"id":301008,"date":"2023-11-03T10:41:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=301008"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:56:00","slug":"groups-spend-big-in-abortion-fight-ahead-of-virginia-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/groups-spend-big-in-abortion-fight-ahead-of-virginia-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups spend big in abortion fight ahead of Virginia election"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Both pro-abortion and pro-life groups have announced they are spending big in their respective Virginian campaigns ahead of the state’s legislative elections slated to take place next week.<\/p>\n

All 140 seats of Virginia’s House and Senate are up for election this year, which means the state\u2019s current abortion law, which allows abortions through the third trimester (in other words, up to birth) if three doctors approve it,<\/span> is in the crosshairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, lawmakers failed to pass a measure that would protect preborn children from abortion after 15 weeks; if Republicans gain control of the Assembly during this election, some suspect they will try once again to pass these protections. Pro-abortion forces like the ACLU are using this \u201cthreat\u201d to campaign against Republicans \u2013 even though a 15-week abortion limit is likely to have a <\/span>negligible impact<\/span><\/a> on the number of abortions committed in the state (as most abortions are committed prior to this gestation), and thousands of preborn children will still be allowed to die from legal abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n