US EditionNew Court Challenge Targets Va. Abortion Amendment Ballot Language
The lawsuit says the proposed amendment misleads voters and would expand abortion rights without parental consent.
- On Thursday, The Family Foundation and two medical groups filed a lawsuit in Tazewell County Circuit Court seeking to block the reproductive freedom amendment from November's ballot, arguing the language is misleading.
- Opponents contend the ballot language approved via House Bill 781 and Senate Bill 449 fails to clearly explain how the amendment could affect parental consent requirements and late-term abortion restrictions.
- Founding Freedoms Law Center attorney Joshua Hetzler said voters have a constitutional right to accurate information, while plaintiff Meagan Kade, a Bluefield Town Council member, said she could not allow her vote to be "effectively canceled out."
- Democratic lawmakers, who advanced the amendment, argue it protects access to reproductive health care and ensures medical decisions remain private, maintaining it would not override existing state law.
- Attorneys for the plaintiffs are seeking a court hearing as soon as possible, following a March lawsuit filed by Bedford County Supervisor Charla Bansley challenging the amendment process itself.
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Lawsuit Challenges ‘Deceptive’ Virginia Abortion Amendment Ballot Language
A lawsuit filed in Tazewell County, Virginia, is challenging the language of a ballot measure that is set to go before voters in November that would enshrine a right to abortion into the state constitution. The post Lawsuit Challenges ‘Deceptive’ Virginia Abortion Amendment Ballot Language appeared first on Breitbart.
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Royal ExaminerNew court challenge targets Virginia abortion amendment ballot language
Family Foundation president Victoria Cobb speaks alongside lawyers and plaintiffs in a case challenging Virginia's pending ballot referendum to enshrine reproductive rights into the state's constitution on April 30, 2026. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)Tazewell County makes news once again — this time over a second lawsuit challenging a proposed constitutional amendment that would enshrine reproductive rights in Virginia. Filed…
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