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On the first day of the 2019 legislative session, Tran introduced the Repeal Act, a bill that would have reduced the number of physicians required to approve a third-term abortion in Virginia (from three to one), and lower the threshold for approval to "any medical reason" from the previous requirement of the pregnant woman being ...
From 1907 until 1937, while it was a U.S. territory, the Philippines elected two non-voting resident commissioners to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. From 1937 until 1946, while it was a U.S. commonwealth, the Philippines sent one non-voting resident commissioner to the House. Upon independence in 1946, the Philippines ceased to be ...
Kiggans ran for re-election in Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. [19] Her district was considered relatively competitive, and the Cook Political Report rated her district as "lean Republican." [ 20 ] Kiggans defeated Democrat Missy Cotter Smasal by a vote of 201,023 (51%) to 184,174 (47%).
Virginia Republicans stepped up their criticism this week of the rhetoric being used by their Democratic opponents in abortion-focused messaging in this year's critical legislative elections. A ...
Lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates — controlled by Democrats who flipped the chamber in November after campaigning on abortion rights — decisively voted down a bill that would have ...
Virginia's GOP is campaigning on a 15-week limit on abortion and painting Democrats as the party of "no limits" after a year of abortion-related election losses.
Comstock was re-elected to her seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011 and 2013. When she won a seat in the U.S. Congress in 2014, she formally resigned her seat in the Virginia House of Delegates and a special election was called to replace her. [21] She was succeeded by Democrat Kathleen Murphy, who had been her opponent in 2013.
Before election to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1991, Marshall was a staffer for the American Life League, an organization which opposes all forms of abortion and birth control. After his election, he continued to work for the organization, including a stint as executive director in the mid-1990s [ 7 ] and now as a research consultant.