NEWS & UPDATES

NEWS & UPDATES

NEWS & UPDATES

NEWS & UPDATES

VICTORY! VA Reproductive Equity Bills have passed through both chambers of the VA legislature. Now what?
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VICTORY! VA Reproductive Equity Bills have passed through both chambers of the VA legislature. Now what?

The following bills are headed to Governor Youngkin’s desk:

SB238 + HB819: Contraceptive Equity Act: eliminates barriers to receiving contraceptive care

SB716 + HB519: Protect VA Health workers “board of medicine” Bill: prohibits disciplinary action from the Board of Medicine against a doctor based on the alleged provision or receipt of abortion care

SB16 + HB78: Menstrual data privacy: prohibits legal action, i.e. warrant or court order, to procure menstrual data

SB15: Extradition Prohibition, reproductive health services: protects patients who come to VA to receive reproductive healthcare from states with bans

HB1539: extradition prohibition, reproductive health services w/ consumer data privacy protections: protects patients who come to VA to receive reproductive healthcare from states with bans

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Update on the Contraceptive Equity Act
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Update on the Contraceptive Equity Act

On Advocacy Day, January 22nd, we testified for the Contraceptive Equity Act before the VA Senate Commerce and Labor Committee. Representatives from National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Repro Rising VA, and Birth in Color all spoke about the need to eliminate barriers to accessing contraceptive care as part of comprehensive Reproductive Justice.

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