Virginia TRAP laws
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Virginia TRAP Law Signed, But Is That Really the End?

The governor may have signed the bill into law, but activists aren't ready to accept defeat.
Robin Marty

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

May 13, 2013 - 11:52 am

The governor may have signed the bill into law, but activists aren’t ready to accept defeat.

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Virginia Board of Health Approves TRAP Measures

The state's senate health committee has approved a TRAP bill that would require abortion-providing doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within thirty miles of where the procedure is performed.
Lauren Kelley

by Lauren Kelley, RH Reality Check

April 12, 2013 - 4:57 pm

The measures would force clinics that perform abortions in the first trimester to modify their facilities in several ways that are not required of other outpatient medical facilities or existing hospitals in the state.

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Virginia Committee Panels—Where all Reproductive Legislation Goes to Die

Sens Northam (left), Herring, & Favola at a meeting of the Senate Health Education & Welfare committee, 01/17. (My SA)
Robin Marty

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

January 18, 2013 - 10:42 am

Nothing made it out of the Virginia assembly’s committee when it comes to abortion bills. That’s good news and bad news for reproductive rights supporters.

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Virginia Bill Would Abolish Abortion Funding for Low-income Women Carrying Totally Incapacitated Fetuses

(lauramenenberg.wordpress.com)
Reilly Moore

by Reilly Moore, The American Independent

January 16, 2013 - 4:02 pm

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.

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