Public Comments for: HB1493 - Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain criminal violations.
Last Name: Dalton Organization: League of Women Voters of Virginia Locality: Blacksburg

The Virginia League of Women Voters supports HB1493 and HB1539. There are multiple reasons why a person might seek reproductive health care outside their home state. Legality and accessibility are compelling ones. The right to reproductive health care is a basic human right that is legal in Virginia. As we know, several states have taken away or severely restricted those rights, forcing individuals to seek needed reproductive health care elsewhere. We do not believe that our governor should prosecute individuals who choose to use the health care services that are available to, and utilized by, our fellow Commonwealth residents nor should we prosecute the health care professionals who provide services that are legal in Virginia. Safeguards need to be in place to protect individuals who receive legal reproductive healthcare services in Virginia. These bill enshrine such protections. In addition, HB1539 protects the right to privacy for reproductive health information. We urge you to vote YES on HB1493 and HB1539.

Last Name: Alderman Locality: Crozet

HB78 and HB1359: Please vote YES. We are a free state, not a police state. Law enforcement has no need for private menstrual health data; it has no bearing or use in criminal investigations. Please prevent it from being used to control people and make them afraid. HB1539 and HB1493: Please vote YES. Doctors should be free to practice safe, proven medical care that is legal in Virginia without fear of extradition. We don't have to be complicit in other states' cruelty and ignorance, nor turn our back on sound and established science. HB1184 and HB1364: Please vote NO. However good the intentions behind them, abortion bans -- as we've seen in a tide of horror stories from across the country -- do more harm than good. They prevent people who very much want to keep their children from receiving life-saving medical care. Passing these laws will hurt and kill people -- real, actual, living, breathing, taxpaying people, as opposed to the hypothetical unborn. These decisions are best left between pregnant people and their doctors.

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