Virginia Abortion Amendment and Ballot Proposals

This November, Virginians will vote on two proposed constitutional amendments.

These amendments threaten the protection of human life, the natural meaning of marriage, parental rights, women’s safety, and religious liberty. Moreover, the Virginia Abortion Amendment is central to this debate.

Ballot Question 1 is called the “Virginia Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment.” Ballot Question 2 would remove Virginia’s constitutional definition of marriage.

The wording of Question 1 presents the Virginia Abortion Amendment as broad protection for reproductive healthcare and personal medical decisions.

However, attorneys warn that the amendment’s sweeping language could constitutionalize abortion throughout pregnancy.

It could also undermine health-and-safety regulations or prevent parents from participating in major medical decisions for their minor children.

Once placed in the Virginia Constitution, these policies would be exceptionally difficult to correct through the ordinary legislative process.

The Personhood Alliance begins with a simple truth.

Every human being possesses inherent dignity from the biological beginning of life.

No government creates the right to life.

No government may deny equal protection to an unborn child because of age, size, location, dependency, or circumstances of conception.

A constitution committed to justice should protect vulnerable human beings—not establish a constitutional right to end their lives.

Justice requires voting NO on the Virginia Abortion Amendment.

Question 2 is presented in appealing language about equality. In reality, it would permanently redefine marriage in Virginia as the union of any two adults regardless of sex or gender, without providing explicit protections for religious liberty or conscience. It would also place the false separation of biological sex and gender identity into Virginia’s foundational law.

As the Personhood Alliance explains, marriage, sexuality, gender, and family are interconnected aspects of God’s design. Marriage is the natural and sacred union of one man and one woman, ordered toward the good of the spouses and the bearing and raising of children.

Voting “no” is not a rejection of anyone’s human dignity. It is a courageous “yes” to life, truth, parental responsibility, religious freedom, and the natural family.

On November 3, vote NO on Question 1 and NO on Question 2.