Virginia lawmakers weigh proposal to safeguard contraception access
With Democrats set to take full control of Virginia’s House, lawmakers are advancing legislation that would codify the right to contraception statewide.
With Democrats set to take full control of Virginia’s House, lawmakers are advancing legislation that would codify the right to contraception statewide.
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When the Trump administration announced that it had destroyed nearly $10 million in contraceptives abroad, falsely labeling them “abortifacients,” Virginia Delegates Joshua Cole and Joshua Thomas said they weren’t surprised.
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