Tuesday night voters approved an amendment to the Virginia Construction that enshrines the right to abortion, contraception, and fertility care. However, the yes vote is already facing several lawsuits seeking to prevent the certification of the changes. That includes a hearing in Tazewell County next Tuesday.
Han Jones, Campaign Manager for Virginians for Reproductive Freedom, addressed the legal challenges at a roundtable this morning.
“Yes on One is currently facing two litigative challenges,” Jones explained, “one from Liberty Council, and one from the legal arm of The Family Foundation, the Family Freedoms Law Center.”
Earlier this year, Liberty Council filed a lawsuit attempting to prevent the question from appearing on the ballot, but it was dismissed by the Bedford County Circuit Court.
Jones said she is confident that the legal challenges to the vote post-election won’t be successful, either.
“We know that these are desperate attempts to try avoid the will of the voters, because they knew that the will of Virginians was going to be heard, and they knew that there was no other possible way for them to stop Virginians from choosing reproductive freedom,” Jones said. “And we saw that very clearly when, you know, we see that over 10% of voters showed up and voted yes.”
The second proposed amendment on Virginia ballots this year, which was also approved by voters, will formally remove legislation banning same-sex marriage in the Virginia Constitution. That amendment is also facing a lawsuit on procedural grounds that was posed in the final week of the election.
Leaders for Ballot Question 2 also said they were sure those challenges would be dismissed.
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