.VAdemocrats defeat abortion restriction bills in committee
The Senate Committee on Education and Health voted down three separate proposals by Republican state senators that would have placed additional restrictions on abortion, preventing them from advancing to the Senate floor."Despite Gov.
Last week, the Senate Health Professions Subcommittee recommended against the 15-week measure, with one Republican state senator joining the opposition. State Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant, who introduced the viability abortion bill, said she disagreed with excluding her amendment that would have allowed exceptions for fetuses with abnormalities up to 24 weeks of pregnancy on the 15-week legislation.
Youngkin tapped several Virginia lawmakers to craft legislation to restrict abortion access last June after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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