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
What’s next?
The bills are on their way to Governor Youngkin’s desk. Now is the time to put pressure on the Governor & let him know that Virginia is for #ReproductiveFreedom, #ReproductiveEquity and #ReproductiveJustice.
Join Repro Rising VA and write a letter to Youngkin urging him to support Reproductive Freedom legislation.