Reilly Moore reports on Virginia politics and government for The American Independent and is based in Richmond. He joined the American Independent in 2012 after working for Patch.com in Columbia, South Carolina. Reilly graduated from the University of Richmond, where he earned degrees in journalism and leadership studies and served as the editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper, The Collegian.
A proposal in the Virginia General Assembly to eliminate state funding for certain abortions could force some low-income women to carry to term a fetus with a low likelihood of survival.
A state law requiring women to receive an ultrasound at least a day before having an abortion has already caused a Northern Virginia health clinic to reduce its non-abortion services in the month since it took effect, according to a clinic official.
