I am opposed to any all bill that make it easier to cheat in elections like these bills being presented. I am opposed to any and all bills that make same sex marriage acceptable. I am opposed to any and all bills that allow full term abortion and allow minors to have abortions with out the parents knowledge. I am opposed to any and all bills that would allow minors to undergo transgender surgery . I am opposed to any and all bills that will raise taxes while the politicians are trying to give themselves a 150% increase no that is not acceptable.

I requesting you vote no for this amendment. All life is precious, especially that of a baby in the womb. This would be taking that precious life away. There are other ways to deal with unwanted pregnancy, such as adoption. Murder of unborn baby is not the answer and it should not be put in our constitution. It also requires the approval of only one health care provider, which isn’t right when you’re dealing with life and death. It would also remove the parental consent laws as well as not enforcing safety to your health requirements in the abortion clinics. And I definitely don’t want my taxpayer money funding abortions!!

I am writing in strong opposition to HJ1. Virginia currently requires three physicians’ approval for third-trimester abortions on fully-formed, viable babies, with health risks required to be ‘substantially and irremediably’ harmful. HJ1 reduces this to ONE physician’s opinion and removes the ‘substantially and irremediably’ standard entirely, replacing it with vague ‘mental health’ justification. This means fully viable babies can be aborted based on anxiety, stress, or depression, with no meaningful oversight. As a Christian who believes every human being is created in God’s image from conception (Genesis 1:27, Psalm 139:13-14), I cannot support enshrining the murder of innocent children in our constitution. Vote NO on HJ1. I am writing in opposition to HJ3. By separating ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in Virginia’s Constitution, this amendment embeds gender ideology into our highest legal document. Once the Constitution says Virginia cannot ‘discriminate’ based on ‘gender,’ courts will use this language to require women’s spaces to admit biological men, girls’ sports to include biological males, and any policy recognizing biological sex will be challenged as unconstitutional. Additionally, God established marriage in Genesis 2:24 as the covenant union of one man and one woman, affirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19:4-6. Virginia voters approved this definition 57% to 43% in 2006. Vote NO on HJ3.

I say vote no for this amendment. It would be taking the lives of healthy babies and is quite extreme. It also requires the approval of only one health care provider, which isn’t right when you’re dealing with life and death. It would also remove the parental consent laws as well as not enforcing safety to your health requirements in the abortion clinics. And I definitely don’t want my taxpayer money funding abortions.

In opposition to these bill that redefine Almighty God's.. Divine Created Order. Lord of heaven and earth..we oppose this ..opposition to You .. we stand for Your design. .. please intervene. We also oppose all legislation that "enshrine abortion" into our State constitution and does not value life.

I am writing in strong opposition to HJ1. Virginia currently requires three physicians’ approval for third-trimester abortions on fully-formed, viable babies, with health risks required to be ‘substantially and irremediably’ harmful. HJ1 reduces this to ONE physician’s opinion and removes the ‘substantially and irremediably’ standard entirely, replacing it with vague ‘mental health’ justification. This means fully viable babies can be aborted based on anxiety, stress, or depression, with no meaningful oversight. As a Christian who believes every human being is created in God’s image from conception (Genesis 1:27, Psalm 139:13-14), I cannot support enshrining the murder of innocent children in our constitution. Vote NO on HJ1.

I am writing in strong opposition to HJ1. Virginia currently requires three physicians’ approval for third-trimester abortions on fully-formed, viable babies, with health risks required to be ‘substantially and irremediably’ harmful. HJ1 reduces this to ONE physician’s opinion and removes the ‘substantially and irremediably’ standard entirely, replacing it with vague ‘mental health’ justification. This means fully viable babies can be aborted based on anxiety, stress, or depression, with no meaningful oversight. As a Christian who believes every human being is created in God’s image from conception (Genesis 1:27, Psalm 139:13-14), I cannot support enshrining the murder of innocent children in our constitution. Vote NO on HJ1.

I am writing in opposition to HJ3. By separating ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in Virginia’s Constitution, this amendment embeds gender ideology into our highest legal document. Once the Constitution says Virginia cannot ‘discriminate’ based on ‘gender,’ courts will use this language to require women’s spaces to admit biological men, girls’ sports to include biological males, and any policy recognizing biological sex will be challenged as unconstitutional. Additionally, God established marriage in Genesis 2:24 as the covenant union of one man and one woman, affirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19:4-6. Virginia voters approved this definition 57% to 43% in 2006. Vote NO on HJ3.

I am writing in opposition to HJ3. By separating ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in Virginia’s Constitution, this amendment embeds gender ideology into our highest legal document. Once the Constitution says Virginia cannot ‘discriminate’ based on ‘gender,’ courts will use this language to require women’s spaces to admit biological men, girls’ sports to include biological males, and any policy recognizing biological sex will be challenged as unconstitutional. Additionally, God established marriage in Genesis 2:24 as the covenant union of one man and one woman, affirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19:4-6. Virginia voters approved this definition 57% to 43% in 2006. Vote NO on HJ3.

I respectfully oppose SJ1, the proposed constitutional amendment establishing a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom.” State constitutions are meant to define the structure of government and protect broadly shared liberties, not to permanently entrench contested policy questions. By elevating abortion policy to constitutional status, SJ1 removes the issue from normal legislative debate and from the ability of future voters and elected representatives to respond to changing facts, medical developments, and public consensus. Federalism exists precisely to allow states to govern through representative processes and policy compromise. Locking an expansive and undefined right into the Virginia Constitution undermines that principle and replaces democratic deliberation with judicial interpretation. Once constitutionalized, the policy will be shaped primarily by courts rather than by accountable lawmakers. Fundamental rights should be carefully limited, clearly defined, and rooted in long-standing constitutional tradition. SJ1 fails that test and risks unintended consequences for healthcare regulation, parental involvement laws, and conscience protections. For these reasons, I urge the General Assembly to reject SJ1 and preserve the proper constitutional role of the legislature and the voters of Virginia.

I refuse and reject this amendment for abortion through 9 month. This is a horrible decision and fully goes against life, God, His Word, and what is ethical and morally right. Life is precious and miraculous, a gift from God. We must not promote abortion, but rather life. I thank God my mom didn’t abort me.

Please do not approve this amendment. Throw it out. Thank you. Steve Holmes

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and dangerous. This law contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed. The loss of these parental consent laws would make it so that sex traffickers could have abortions performed on their underage victims, no questions asked, thereby destroying any evidence of the abuse these traffickers inflict on their victims and further traumatizing their victims. Additionally, HJ1's vague language would eradicate any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities, creating an environment that is ripe for infection, injury, and abuse. HJ1 would also allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion and for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. Why are we proposing amendments to allow taxpayer funds to bankroll the aborting of healthy babies that are past viability when we could just as easily direct those funds toward programs that aid pregnant mothers in need and provide them the resources that will help them to raise up the next generation of Virginians? Regardless of what your opinions on abortion are, it is clear that this proposed amendment is poorly designed and far too radical to allow to be a part of Virginia's Constitution. It will harm more people than it will help, it will do more harm than it will heal. Please, from the bottom of my heart, I implore you to vote NO on HJ1. Thank you.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is a violation of human rights. It takes away the right to life from preborn children in the third trimester - meaning they are past viability. Also, it puts parental consent laws in jeopardy. Because of the amendment’s vague language, parents of underage girls seeking abortion may not know about the abortion. What does this mean for girls being human trafficked or in toxic relationships? Finally, it would allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. I do not want my money supporting the killing of innocent lives. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for the Virginians who don’t have a voice.

I oppose this bill. this hurts women, born and preborn. Instead of making access to abortion easier, we should be focusing on how to help women through these times, such as lowering living costs and giving them better access to healthcare. please vote NO

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Absolutely not. Abortion is murder and should be treated as such.

I am strongly against Hj1, and implore as our representatives to vote against it. Just like you these unborn, but potential future citizens, taxpayers, and voters in this great Commowealth deserve the same opportunity at life as you have everyday. Give them a chance. I pray that your wisdom will rule out and reject this bill. Thank you for enabling me to speak for them.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Please vote No. These are precious lives that are being terminated. Future healers, heroes, citizens to help our world. Often the mothers live with guilt and depression for their remaining lifetime. Women already have the right to abort and prevent unwanted pregnancy. No one is suggesting that be stopped. To allow full term abortion is wrong.

"Reproductive justice is bigger than abortion. As a social-worker who served trafficking survivors and a mother the system failed when I fought for my daughter-I've seen how lack of contraception access, coerced sterilization, and pregnancy criminalization keep marginalized people in cycles of violence and poverty. HJ1 affirms every Virginian's right to decide if, when, and how to parent; it is a critical tool for racial, gender, and economic equity. Please pass it out of committee and send it to the floor."

This type of legistration SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION! THERE IS JUST TO MANY OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ADMENDMENT.

I strongly oppose HJ1. This extreme amendment would allow abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician's approval, and it would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. It also contains vague language that could allow for parental consent laws to be removed. Please NO onHJ1. Please stand up for unborn Virginians and for those of us who value the sanctity of life.

It should not be a ‘right’ to murder children before they are born. It the duty of our state legislators to in fact, to give children in the womb the same legal protection that the rest of us enjoy. It should be illegal for everyone to murder anyone.

I speak today in defense of the unborn, who cannot speak for themselves. I believe every human life has inherent value because life is created and known by God before birth. Scripture teaches that we are not random or disposable, but intentionally formed with purpose. The Bible says in Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I set you apart.” This tells us that personhood does not begin at birth — it begins in the womb, where God already knows, calls, and values each life. Abortion does not end a pregnancy; it ends a human life. A society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable, and there is no one more vulnerable than an unborn child. We can and should offer compassion, support, and real solutions for women in crisis — but taking the life of a child is not compassion. I urge this body to choose life, protect the unborn, and affirm that every child is worthy of being born, loved, and given a chance to live.

I (along with the living and true God) stand in opposition to HJ1. HJ1 violates the law of God by directly standing against its prescriptions, and by teaching people to do wickedness. God demands justice for all murder; HJ1 establishes the "right" to murder. The law of God and HJ1 are mutually exclusive. One of them must be abandoned in favor of the other, and if the law of God is abandoned, He will bring swift judgment on that people. If HJ1 gets passed, we are that people.

VOTE NO ON HJ1 Dear Committee Members, I am urge you to vote NO on HJ1. This constitutional amendment is a violation of God's clear command to love your neighbor as yourself, and to do so without partiality. The same laws that protect the lives of those of us who have been born, should be protecting those who are not yet born. But in Virginia they don't. This amendment will only exacerbate that problem. God hates the hands that shed innocent blood and He will hold us accountable for the blood that is shed on our watch, in our state, in your jurisdiction. And we have a growing amount of bloodshed occurring legally in the state of Virginia. In 2024, over 40,000 preborn children were murdered in the state of Virginia, and data from the first half of 2025 indicates that number reached over 50,000 for 2025 (Guttmacher). The blood of tens of thousands of preborn children who are created in the image of God is crying out for justice, and God hears their cries. We are inviting His judgment against us when we protect the murder of the innocent in our laws. God will not be patient with us forever. The time for repentance is now. Additionally, HJ1 violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which you swore to uphold. Preborn people should receive the equal protection of our homicide laws, but they don't. I urge you love your preborn neighbor as yourself today and vote NO on HJ1. Sincerely, Erika Schanzenbach

On HJ1: I urge you to vote NO on this bill. Scientifically and biblically it is an affirmed fact that human life begins at conception. Abortion is murder and this bill will grant immunity to negligent fathers and mothers to kill there children on the taxpayer dime! To sin against God and violate the 14th amendment. You are called upon by God (in Romans 13:1-4) as a magistrate to be a terror to what is evil, such as murder based upon God's law; Acting as a restraint upon evil. My body my choice is an outdated 50 year old erroneous argument when we're in fact dealing with a body inside a body. Another human.

Slave holding was considered a basic human right but it required the devaluing of another human and elevating the importance of our own lives. In other words it was convenient to have human property so people fought to keep that right. The people of that time had to deny the truth that black men, women, and children were people with the same inherent value as anyone else. Can we really say that we care about the rights of the people if we consider other people as less than human or not human at all when science clearly demonstrates that they are? More importantly the God of this world has given us all equal value. We know that the preborn are human but we justify killing them because they have not yet made it out of the womb and because the mother says out of convenience "I don't want this baby"? We know they are persons and you know that they are as well and they should be afforded the same protections and given the same justice as any other person, otherwise we are no different than the slave holders that viewed black men, women, and children as something to be owned and not people deserving of equal justice, equal protection, and the right to life. You know in your conscience that these babies deserve to be protected. Do justice.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Abortion is an evil from hell. Protect the lives of helpless unborn babies!

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment would permit abortions on viable, perfectly healthy babies with only one physician’s approval. It equates to abortion on demand. Providing support to women during their pregnancies and encouraging alternatives to abortion is much kinder to them than pushing them towards an abortion that is not only morally wrong but they will likely regret.

I totally oppose HJ1 Abortion should not be paid by taxpayers And minors should not be able to make a sole decision without parents on whether they want an abortion or not

I strongly oppose HJ1. God hates it (Prov. 6:17), I hate it (Psalm 139:21-22), and you should hate it as well. Virginia Democrats have proven once again that they are willing to give the death penalty—not to convicted murderers and rapists—but to innocent children sacrificed on the altar of convenience and selfishness. The fact that you’re maliciously calling this “reproductive freedom” is laughable and shameful. It is neither scientifically informed nor rationally tenable. Anyone in support ought to be ashamed of themselves. And then he/she (those are the options) ought to repent and turn to Jesus Christ. I stand against child sacrifice—the murder of children with malice aforethought. You should, too. Repent of this demonic nightmare. Shut this whole thing down, and then let us abolish human abortion and give equal justice to our preborn neighbors.

Reproductive Freedom is such a deceptive title for this proposed amendment. The procedure to terminate a pregnancy is not reproductive freedom. The issue is clouded further by claiming ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage treatments are what will be protected by this amendment when in truth proponents want the right to terminate any pregnancy that is inconvenient. Voluntary termination of healthy pregnancies will by far make up the majority of procedures covered by this amendment and they are morally wrong. Protecting women by ensuring medically necessary treatments are available is important should be separated from abortions that are done as a perverted form of birth control. Please vote against this bill.

Please vote no! Save the innocent babies that are helpless in the womb. True freedom is the ability to choose the RIGHT thing. The right and moral absolute truth. Murder is always the wrong thing and tyre opposite of “freedom”.

HJ1, HJ3 These Proposed Amendments to the State Constitution neither reflect the values nor the will of the people of Virginia. Please vote against them. The intent of such amendments is not to the betterment of the Commonwealth. In fact, by reducing population by allowing babies to die gasping for breath and allowing same sex marriages is reducing growth of families. This is not protection, but desicreation of life. This will mean a smaller population for all next generations, resulting in fewer and fewer people, fewer tax payors as well. These amendments are not beneficial to life for our state, Thank you!

This amendment opposes life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The name of this law is misleading to the American public. It’s a shame that politicians are not willing to read their own law and tell the Americans the truth - the right to reproductive freedom is not up to the government to decide so why are you legislating on it? It’s my body my choice.

Abortion and Homosexual marriages: two things that are profoundly wrong when we look at it through the lens of a Biblical worldview. I believe the end goal of both of these issues should be profoundly abolished and taken away from our human society since, whether we refuse to believe it or not, both of these issues cause problems later on in life. According to the First Concern Pregnancy Resource Center and the 1995-2009 British Journal of Psychiatry from Cambridge University, after getting an abortion, women experience an 81% increase in mental health problems and 90% of men consider this to also be the most stressful day of their lives. Not to mention, there was also an increase of risk in alcohol misuse, anxiety, depression, marijuana use, and suicide (Coleman, 2011). There’s no better way to cause murder and depopulation than this, and as murder is operationally defined as, from Oxford languages, “the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another”, we’re essentially and openly taking a life. This applies to all stages of development, and we should be concerned about each one. Abortion is no different than openly taking the life of an innocent adult, unless we’re so twisted to believe that is correct as well. Here’s what I will say: in regards to the Bible, which is 100% true, taking the life of a person directly goes against the command of God (Exodus 20:13) who not only told us to love others (John 13:34-35) but to also be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:28). Notice how also, in the beginning, God states that He created male and female, not male and male (Genesis 1:27). On a side note, yes, there are only two genders in this world, and in Genesis 2:24 this verse explains the significance of marriage in accordance to Him. God did not state that a man should leave His father and mother to be joined in flesh to another guy, saying that the two shall become one but it’s the man and wife that become one flesh. Anything other than this kind of marriage is perverted, wrong, and invokes the wrath of God. If we truly want to live and thrive in His Creation and make this world a better place, we need to cut it off. With all of this in mind, we should also know that abortion will eventually lead our nation downhill, creating more unemployment as the population goes down and more companies that will shut down due to this employment. Eventually, all of us will die since our supply chain of what we need is cutter off entirely. America, do we really think it’s a right and correct move to allow these things to take precedence in our nation? If so, I’m ashamed of this country that I lived in for 20 years of my life. Take action and choose life!

The killing of an innocent baby in the womb has nothing to do with reproductive rights. It should not be enshrined in the Virginia Constitution. Life should be protected from conception to natural death.

Please support the human rights of our preborn neighbors. We pray that you protect them rights of these innocent, vulnerable children who depend on us for survival and basic human dignity. We ask you to fear the Lord and turn away from the evil of murder, and turn to the love and goodness of Christ. In Jesus’ holy name, please honor the sanctity of life in all stages.

I am against a constitutional amendment for killing unborn babies. There is no right to kill the unborn, even if it is disguised as reproductive freedom. Be honest and call it what it is.

It has been proven over and over again that life begins at conception. Since there is life, it only stands to reason that abortion is murder. And, according the the law, murder is a crime and whoever commits murder will either be killed or life in prison. How can you logically permit an unborn, living, child to be murdered? Help me understand. It isn’t health care, but MURDER. Please do not pass this bill. God is watching. And, God will be your judge.

I oppose HJ1. The preborn are just as human as you and me and deserve the same human rights.

I am writing to ask you to please vote NO on HJ1. Children deserve our protection, not to be murdered in the name of "freedom." Please do not allow Virginia to become home to the extreme evil this bill would allow.

I am writing in opposition to this bill being passed. Human life should be protected from conception, especially by doctors with authority and education!

I am a young pro-life woman and I wish our unborn children were much more protected by the United States and in the United States.

Dear leaders of Virginia, I ask you please use your legislative power to protect our unborn children. Please be a guardian for those babies who asked not to be conceived and placed in a 9-month state of vulnerability rather grant these innocent children the opportunity to mature and to be born so as to live and contribute as a member of our great Commonwealth of Virginia.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

I do not believe that abortion is a constitutional right.. please vote no in trying to establish this in the state of Virginia. Thank you.

"Reproductive Freedom" is a word game to cloak how Abortion denies the more fundamental Right to Life which all humans have, and which morally ought to be prioritized over other so-called rights. Abortion is the shedding of innocent human blood and a grave evil.

The right to life begins when life begins — in the womb. If we cannot protect our youngest community members, we have failed as a society. Protect human life from the beginning, give women better options than abortion, and create a world where every human being can flourish. It is especially alarming how vulnerable unborn children with disabilities are. Deciding that someone’s life is not worth living is destructive and wrong. It sets up the belief that some people are inherently more valuable than others, which is incredibly contrary to the human rights of the individual.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

I oppose the advancing of the Abortion Amendment to the constitution. Abortion is murder. Murdering an unborn child should be part of the Virginia Constitution. Please vote to oppose this amendment!!!

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. We MUST stand up for the RIGHTS of a baby! . Encourage adoption NOT abortion! The bill allows for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion and that is also completely WRONG!. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for pre-born Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion! Mrs. White

Please PASS the bill codifying reproductive freedom for women. Women deserve to make their own decisions relative to bodily autonomy.

Please vote no tomorrow for a change in the VA Constitution which would make abortion a constitutional right in our state. Please stand up for the unborn and vulnerable and be their voice. The right to murder is not a right anyone should have.

No man has the moral authority under God to terminate an innocent human life.

Concerning HG1 - The murder of babies draws the fiery justice of God upon this state more than any other sin. That's the truth !

People should not be able to kill their babies.

I am against all forms of child sacrifice and/or murder. Abortion is and has been the greatest detriment to this country. It has succeeded in it's designed attempt to squelch the population growth of African Americans such that they remain at only 13% of the population. It is a horror that must be made illegal. Planed parenthood should teach abstinence and promote adoption rights instead.

Our Commonwealth should improve support offered to women facing unexpected pregnancies, rather than telling them it is somehow healthy or liberating to end the life of the child they carry in the womb. Abortion is contrary to the natural order.

There should not be any restrictions on military to exercise their right to vote as they are the ones who defend our rights. There is a fundamental right to life. See TCCAA cover story May-June 2022 regarding murder charge in case of death of 5 week old fetus, and 1970 Keeler vs Superior Court. The law never meant for marriage to be for same sex. It had always been meant for opposite sex.

I do not support HJ1 because abortion is murder. Are we really wanting to make a constitutional amendment to legalize murder? What is murder? It's not complicated: Ending a life that YOU do not want. Premeditated killing of one human being by another. Again, it is not complicated. Vote NO on HJ1.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

I am writing against HJ1. Elective abortion is not healthcare. Ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages are NOT elective abortions and supporting mothers through these tragedies is necessary and right. I am in favor of supporting the health and wellbeing of ALL our women in this country -- including the unborn. From the moment of conception, all humans are either XX or XY. To be in favor of elective abortion is to be against the youngest men and women of our nation. All citizens deserve the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

“Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins.” Our DNA begins at conception, the core of who we are. Abortion takes away life, no matter what day or week in the pregnancy. This bill is allowing life to be freely taken from the most vulnerable population. We should be celebrating life, not killing it. We should be uplifting pregnancy, supporting families, seeing the creation of life for the miracle and gift that it is. Please do not vote for this.

Dear representatives, I am writing in support of HJ1 and the protection of medical rights for all Virginians. We live in a political climate whose aim is often to characterize reproductive health access as an attempt to deny life, but I can confidently state from my own experiences that the opposite is true. Abortion bans cause hospitals to deny medical care to pregnant women out of fear, making any kind of medical complication more dangerous for mothers. Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage treatments save women’s lives on a daily basis. I personally know multiple women who would likely not be with us today if they had lived under abortion bans. It is never an easy decision, but a difficult choice is the humane alternative to no choice at all. While some may have personal and emotionally-charged disagreements with abortion, and I understand those concerns, one person’s beliefs may never outweigh the rights of another to choose what happens within her own body. If we lived by that rule, we would have to outlaw all major surgeries and blood transfusions out of respect to the religions that oppose them. We cannot make political decisions based on these sentiments. The best and fairest way to handle them is to give every citizen the right to choose what happens to our own bodies. It is a question of liberty, plain and simple. Please pass HJ1. The alternative is to jeopardize the health of half of Virginia.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Absolutely NO!! Abortion up to birth is UNACCEPTABLE and barbaric!!

Abortion is a grave sin, and I do not support the claim that this is reproductive health. This is murder. Over 800K children are murdered each year. The WHO stated approximately 73M children are murdered each year worldwide. Ensuring mothers are safe during pregnancy without committing murder. Most reliable organizations claim over 95% of abortions are elective. Children are a blessing and not a clump of cells are we have the right to dispose of. Before you vote on this bill watch the film The Silent Scream. The critics slam it but it's clear to me that this is a tragedy that needs to end.

I am opposed to abortion on demand and pray that you vote against it. It is murder any way you view it.

Has no one learned a thing from 2025 elections? If abortion was murder why is it popular in not only blue and swing states but also Missouri and Montana? And if you’re anti-murder why aren’t you calling out Jonathan Ross? The video proves Trump completely wrong! And regarding marriage, if you don’t like same gender relationships, don’t get in one! It’s that simple! And for redistricting, look, I didn’t want us to have to do this. But it’s the only way to counter Texas and potentially Florida and Indiana and their attempts to make dictators invincible. It HAS to be passed. Or America dies. Assuming it didn’t already.

Abortion should not be paid for, in any form, by taxpayer funding. Abortions should be rare, if any, only to protect the imminent life of the mother.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

I vote against HJ1

To call abortion, the violent destruction of an innocent life by his or her own mother, 'reproductive freedom,' is a sick euphemism. Anyone who has worked at an abortion mill knows this. Anyone who has had an abortion knows this. Please vote NO on HJ1.

Lexi White All* In Action Fund January 14, 2026 RE: Letter of Support for HJ1 Dear Chair Price, Vice Chair Convirs-Fowler, and members of the House Privileges and Elections Committee, All* In Action Fund strongly recommends the committee’s vote of support for HJ1- Virginia’s Constitutional Amendment for Reproductive Freedom. This proposed amendment is critical to protecting and expanding access to families' reproductive health care needs, including: birth control and contraception, fertility and prenatal care, abortion care, miscarriage management, childbirth, and postpartum care. Virginia stands at the front lines of reproductive health access in the South. As abortion access disappears across the region, lawmakers have a critical opportunity and responsibility to protect and expand reproductive health care by enshrining reproductive freedom in the state’s constitution. Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (597 U.S. 215), we have seen states across the nation seek to criminalize pregnancy outcomes and threaten the medical professionals providing healthcare in our communities. We have seen multiple women die after not getting the care they are entitled to and doctors criminally charged for simply doing their jobs. Without protections that both safeguard access and withstand political shifts, barriers to accessing the full range of reproductive healthcare will continue to fall hardest on communities already facing systemic racism, gender discrimination, economic disparities, and disproportionate care and coverage gaps. Virginia can, and should, join the ranks of states who are standing squarely against an extremist agenda that seeks to restrict our fundamental human rights. This amendment safeguards our reproductive decision-making, and our communities’ access to critical care. It furthermore, prevents Virginia politicians from taking away our freedom to make our own health care decisions, which has happened elsewhere in the South and in many states across the country, since the Dobbs decision. As the only state in the South that still protects abortion access, Virginia serves as a crucial safe haven for patients in the region who are unable to access care in their home states due to restrictive abortion bans. Ensuring reproductive freedom in Virginia is not just about protecting the rights of those within the commonwealth—it is about maintaining a vital access point for people in the region. We strongly urge a vote of support on HJ1 and an ongoing commitment to protecting the full range of reproductive healthcare in Virginia and the region. Thank you, Lexi White, MPP Director of State Strategies All* In Action Fund

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. The vague language it contains would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Please oppose the abortion amendment bill because murder is always wrong.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for babies to be murdered by the hands that swore an oath to protect them. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed. Parents are the ones that are supposed to be able to protect and care for their children’s best interest. This would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. I DO NOT want to be a part of murdering inocente lives. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

I believe in protecting the sanctity of life. The life of a baby from inception deserves a chance to live on this earth and have a meaningful life. Giving a life an opportunity to make a difference in this world. Every life is unique and there gifts will benefit others. God is the creator and in God's grace there are no mistakes only miracles. Have a 😊 day.

I urge you to vote no to this extreme amendment allowing for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. The potential for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion violates the fundamental right life and forces those opposed to the murder of babies in utero to pay for this heinous crime. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Dear Chairman and Members of the House Committee, I strongly urge you to vote no to allowing the following four Virginia constitutional amendments to be voted on in a referendum: HJ1, HJ2, HJ3, and HJ4. HJ1 overrides current and future Virginia statues. Because it applies to every individual, it undermines parental rights which endangers minors. It opens the door to guaranteeing minors the right to sexual experimentation, again undermining parental rights. It also implies that parental consent can be nullified as discriminatory if in conflict with supposed reproductive freedom of minors. Parental rights are a God-given U.S. Constitutional Right in the Fourteenth Amentment and upheld by the Supreme Court. HJ1 takes away the state's ability to limit abortions up until birth, punishes medical staff who have conscientious or religious objections to abortion, and puts women's health at risk by adopting abortion industry standards. HJ1 destroys unborn babies rights. They, like all of us, have a God-given right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" as the Declaration of Independence states. HJ2 allows unrepentant felons to vote. It puts the integrity of our elections at risk by allowing irresponsible people to vote who by their actions gave up their right to vote. HJ3 removes the true Biblical foundational meaning of marriage between one man and one woman as defined by God which when rejected endangers the building blocks of stable communities. The new definition between any two adults could easily be changed to minors and multiple adults in the future because it is not based on truth. HJ3 does not allow for conscientious or religious objections by clergy, religious organizations, businesses, or others. It forces gender ideology on everyone regardless of biological reality and danger to women in sports and day to day life. HJ4 would effectively destroy the two-party system in Virginia almost entirely ensuring that the party in power would stay in power indefinitely. It gives lawmakers from one party the power to choose their voters which undermines fair elections. These four amendments collectively spell disaster to the way of life our founders desired to preserve in the Virginia Constitution as a Godly heritage for us and all future generations. They steal rights and freedom guaranteed to us as U.S. and Virginia citizens. Hold to fast to the values that made Virginia and America great. Vote against these amendments!

Please pass this constitutional amendment. It is so very important to protect reproductive freedoms for Virginia constituents. This right includes access to IVF, which was so important to me and my family for creating our three beautiful children.

Vote NO on HJ1 to make killing innocent babies a constitutional right. To call abortion a reproductive freedom is a lie. Your reproductive freedom is your choice to engage in sex or not to engage in sex. Not one of us has the right to decide if an unborn baby can be ripped from the inside of the mother or chemically killed in the womb and then suctioned out. I pray that you will realize what this amendment is really proposing and what endorsing it says about how life is valued in Virginia. God be with you!

The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice (Virginia) strongly supports passage of the Constitutional Amendment for Reproductive Freedom (HJ1). This amendment will not only ensure that individuals have a right to bodily autonomy but, it will also protect marginalized communities from facing criminalization or discrimination at the disproportionate rates that they do.

I am writing in opposition to amendment HJ1. As a woman I want to preserve the dignity and rights of women. Abortion, especially this late term, does not do that. It makes it easier for women in a vulnerable position to make a life altering decision to end the life of their child. We need more support and funding for adoptions, a reformed foster care system, ongoing support for young mothers, and accountability for the fathers. Abortion is not harmless to the mothers, it has huge mental and physical implications to her, so consider this even if you don’t believe she is carrying a life (which I do). What this amendment really does is target vulnerable women and is a guise for men to have no accountability for their actions when they get a woman pregnant. Vote NO.

As a Virginia resident, I completely and utterly oppose any legislation that enables or supports access to abortion of any kind. I’m appalled and disgusted by the proposal to further destroy the moral and intrinsic value of vulnerable human life. Abortion is in fact murder and any opposition to that fact either rests on the assumption that murder should be legal and acceptable against the most innocent and vulnerable humans and/or on the horrifyingly evil dehumanization of babies in the womb. Babies in the womb are the entirety of a unique human life who is growing in the natural place where babies develop. In every regard, babies in the womb are not parasite. We should not abuse our positions of power over babies to speak for them and say they aren’t as human as us just because they aren’t in the same developmental stage. Virginia can work on positive ways forward such as how to further support mothers and families but making murder legal is atrocious and horrifying. Abortion is not healthcare because murder is NEVER medicine. I will be doing everything in my power to actively resist any such legislation and will be organizing and imploring everyone I know to never vote for politicians who support abortion. Take this comment as a sign of the future because the abolitionist movement is only going to grow and if you stay on the side of legalized murder of babies then you will be caught on the evil side of history and it won’t go well for the policies you currently stand for.

I do not support this bill. Every human life, unborn or born, has the right to live.

I believe everyone deserves the right to their own reproductive freedoms. No country or state should have the right to dictate decisions a woman makes about her own body or life. As someone in a same sex marriage protection by my state is more important than every before since the supreme court recently brought up for review Obergefell v Hodges. Even though they decided not to overturn it, it could still come for review again. Protection not only for those in the marriage but children of same sex parents is important to protect

Please vote NO to House Joint Resolution 1. It supports abortion up to birth. A full-term pregnancy is 40 weeks. Ninety eight per cent of babies born at 30 weeks gestation will survive, with the record now at 21 weeks - how would we allow healthy babies to die a gruesome death by abortion. Our human value does not depend on age; we are all intrinsically valuable.

Please oppose this bill. It jeopardizes the lives of millions of Virginians and undermines the value of human life. This bill is opposed to the idea that all lives should be protected and honored, no matter their age or the size of their bodies. Please vote no.

Allowing abortions up to birth is reprehensible and barbaric. I do not support a bill that regresses us roughly 2,000 years (depending on the cultural reference) to such cruel practices. What's next, allowing parents to leave their unwanted infants exposed to the elements? Oh yeah, that already happens after a late term abortion...

1) Let women control their own bodies however they need to and stay out of it. 2) I support same sex marriage for legal reasons. Benefits of being married include finically and medically.

As a Catholic, I strongly oppose enshrining abortion (aka “reproductive freedom”) better described as the slaughter of the most innocent and defenseless human beings in the Virginia constitution. Please vote NO on this amendment.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Comments Document

Dear Chairman and Members of the Committee, I am totally against the reproductive freedom amendment which has the following problems: -No limits or direction for children and parental oversight. -No protection of religious freedom to refuse to perform abortions -Opens the door to tax payer funded abortion which the people do not support -Allows all forms of abortion from any provider with no health safeguards for women. "Accepted clinical standards" could be what the abortion industry says is acceptable which is anything!

As an Ultrasound technician that works for the emergency room, I have seen a major increase in abortion complications. Abortion is not health care, where is the concern for what abortion does to woman. This is not the answer to difficult situations that woman and families face. Let's come together as a society and face these challenges head on instead of erasing life, damaging women and leaving them to normalize this great trauma to their body and great offense to life. Virginia is better than this! Virginia is for lovers!

Please vote against this legislation.

As a taxpayer and a person with a moral conscious, I would like to see children born into families who are delighted to have a child and not administratively burden all Virginians through the adoption and foster systems. For those who wish to deny reproductive rights, who do you think is responsible for and pays for these children? You and me. It is empathy to decide to terminate a pregnancy, to love enough to know that one cannot provide a fulfilling life for a child. It is empathy to be prepared for having a child, having worked in advance to conceive. There is no love in murderous accusations. Vilifying a mother and loving a child is illogical. Finally, many pregnancies are terminated naturally without public objection. What difference is there to allow a choice in this matter?

Secure the independence of women to make medical choices about their bodies. Please vote yes on HJ1

Thank you for this opportunity to address you. I am concerned that there are many young women who are not aware of what the actual abortion procedure involves for them and for their unborn child and what the possible side effects are. This amendment contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. I would like for the committee to vote NO on this amendment and proceed with an amendment to HJ1 which requires Informed Consent before an abortion is performed. I'd also like for there to be explicit safety standards required. Thank you.

The comments I am about to make reflect how reenergized I am about constitutional rights after a recent visit to Montpelier. VA is poised in a special way given our history during the formation of the country to be even more at home with the Federalist Papers, the Bill of Rights, Constitution,and the Declaration of Independence, with so much written here. I truly believe that Virginia can help lead our whole nation to heal divides and ensure the individual freedoms we have been lucky to have(or gain). 1. Please support HJ1. Laws that disproportionately remove the agency of women but not men, reflect the idea of people not being created equal, but that women are created less than and need the government to make their decision decisions for them. Separation of church and state is critical to a free nation that will stay free. Especially during times of economic hardship and limited access to healthcare and health insurance for so many Americans, and with a massive amount of chronic illness often disabling, the lives of our families in Virginia are very complicated now. The only way to safeguard the freedom of women as a president is to full-throatedly support they're absolute autonomy through every step of the way . On a personal note, I have a cousin who required 4 transfusions after an ectopic pregnancy gone wrong and she very nearly died at an age way too young. She was an OR nurse who helped save the lives of countless people. Much of the legislation being drafted does not even consider children left behind if anything happens to their mom in the case of horrible medical problems. Mothers have died in states that failed to protect their medical rights. it is terrifying to see women and drs hamstrung and or persecuted during the hardest times of their lives.. . HJ3. Please vote in favor of HJ3. Again, we are at a critical juncture with protecting the life, liberty, and happiness of so many Virginians. There is no one who is forced to have a same-sex marriage if they do not wish to be in one. Freedom of religion is critical to a healthy democracy. Standing up for the freedom of people, whether or not you agree with their choices, to marry another consenting adult should not be a partisan issue. It reflects the most basic freedom one could have. On a personal level, I am in a marriage that would be protected, a marriage that my entire conservative family came out to celebrate with me. It has never caused harm to anyone, and was one of the most joyful things that happened with our family in years. I have a wife who will support my decisions to help take care of my aging parents and is very much loved by everyone. This legislation is highly politicized and does not reflect even most conservative views and is very partisan in nature. If you get out and talk to people who are not extremists. Virginia is a purple state and this reflects are purple views. HJ4. Please vote yes. I hope the future will bring bipartisan reform to stop redistricting that disenfranchises constituents. This seems like a way to balance the scale back , but more and more it seems like the popular vote may be something to consider. We are people not pawns and this is a short term fix that I hope you will vote yes to. Thank you for your consideration. Please vote yes to all.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

We can all agree that killing an innocent child in their mother’s womb is a great evil. I would ask that you keep that in mind when considering the upcoming legislation. Respectfully, Stephen Hertz Leesburg VA

Oppose all 4 amendments. The General Assembly scheme to shove these amendments through and rush them to the ballot in a Special Election in April reveals how little the Democrat majority actually want to do what is right for Virginia. Every Virginian should take note of the slimy tactics utilized to get these amendments to the new Governor today. There is no reason these amendments could not wait until November, except those who push ideology over governance have been granted the gift of power. So much for "NO KINGS".

I oppose HJ1 and ask that all of our legislators do the same. Women with unplanned pregnancies need real help and support. Abortion does neither. A fundamental right to reproductive freedom in the Virginia Constitution will deny UNBORN women the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Please protect ALL women of our commonwealth and vote NO to HJ1 today!

I am writing to ask the committee to vote "no" on HJ1. Reproductive freedom is not a freedom when it ignores the reality of the unborn child's life in the womb, and its own right to live and exercise that freedom. Thank you for your consideration.

Every baby even if just 2 weeks deserves to live and if a abortion pill is taken that is murder so it’s wrong

Absolutely do not support this. The most fundamental human right is the right to life, which precedes and supersedes any “right” to murder, especially murder of the most vulnerable and marginalized among us: babies.

I am a 73 year old married woman and mother of 2 children. I implore you to pass the HJ1-Herring Reproductive Freedom Amendment and Protect little girls, teenage girls, young women, and middle aged women from the Abuse that is taking place all across the United States. The laws that have been passed in many states are Horrific and females in the state of Virginia need to have their reproductive rights legally protected. If you care about females in this country and in this great state of Virginia, you must pass this Extremely Important legislation. There is No Reasonable Excuse for not passing this legislation.

Every baby even if just 2 weeks deserves to live and if a abortion pill is taken that is murder so it’s wrong

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Please vote "no" to HJ1. Abortion is murder, plain and simple. Life is precious, and shouldn't be taken away because someone doesn't "want" the baby. Adoption is always an option. God creates life, and that life is made at conception. Just because the baby hasn't been born, doesn't change the fact that it is a life, and any ending of that purposely is murder. We need to wake up, and start seeing it for what it is and live God's way.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1.

I am writing in firm opposition to HJ1. This extreme amendment would allow abortions of healthy, viable babies with the approval of just one physician—something that has no place in Virginia. Its dangerously vague language threatens to erase parental consent protections and prevent the enforcement of basic health and safety standards at abortion facilities. It also opens the door to taxpayer-funded abortions, forcing Virginians to bear the burden of deeply personal decisions. HJ1 goes far beyond what most Virginians support and places the most vulnerable lives at grave risk. I urge you to vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and defend a Virginia that values life beyond abortion.

Please vote against Hj1 This bill is murder of innocent lives. Women have other options than murder. This isn't a positive thing to have our state known for. Also our population nationwide is in the negative for births. Please vote NO!

I am very much opposed to HJ1. How can you be in favor of terminating viable babies when there are many parents unable to have children of their own who would love to be able to adopt? The wording in this amendment is vague, allows no enforcement of health and safety oversight at abortion clinics, and does not warrant passage. I beg you to stand up for pre-born babies and vote against this bill. AGAIN, I ASK: PLEASE VOTE NO ON HJ!!

The Word of God is not unclear on this issue. God commands that we must not murder, and Scripture reveals that He creates and knows human life in the womb. Since abortion intentionally ends that God-created life, it is the taking of innocent human life and therefore is murder according to biblical truth “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb...” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭NLT‬ “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.” Psalms‬ ‭139‬:‭13‬-‭16‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Please approve HJ1 to ensure everyone has the right to reproductive freedom and that this right is enshrined in the constitution of Virginia. I had an abortion many years ago when I was in college and this enabled me to finish college and start my career. I later married the same man and we did have children together and I never regretted my decision. This was up in Connecticut, and this decision is a difficult one and should be made by the pregnant woman, not by politicians. Thank you. Judy Hinch

Vote No!

Felony disenfranchisement has been a stain on our Constitution since 1902. This amendment will allow individuals to automatically reinstate their right to vote upon release from incarceration. This amendment guarantees that ALL Virginians can participate in the democratic process that governs them.

I am bragging someone to hear my voice. I understand everyone has a different opinion. I am asking that you do not pass the Abortion without safeguards. If we continue down this dangerous path we will not have a country. We need to have babies to sustain to life here in the US, as we all were once a born baby of someone. Think about if your mother had aborted you! I asking to stop the Gerrymandering bill as it will keep voices from being heard from both sides. I am asking you not to pass the bill for unrepentant felons. Those people need to earn their way back into our society. Think about if they committed a crime against someone in your family that you love. How would you feel about a felon then? I am asking this in the name of Jesus.........

Hello All. My name is Heath Grishaw and I will unable to attend in person it would like to use my privilege as an American citizen to voice my concerns and support on my state that I have been blessed to live in for my whole life. Please consider these points as I am not alone in this and would appreciate to know that I have been represented accurately and fairly despite my lack of support for our new governor. I do hope Abigail hears all citizens in Virginia and represents all including the unborn. HJ1 - 1. I oppose the HJ1 bill as it has broad language that would grant a constitutional right that cannot be easily changed without proper constitutional process. Legislators and voters would be hard pressed to find an ability to protect the voices of the unborn. Meaning commonsense restrictions such as limits on abortion at later gestational stages informed consent, or protection for fetal pain could and would be pre-empted or struck down. 2. Lastly- There are already laws and medical standards in place that protect access to essential health services, including care related to pregnancy complications, miscarriage, and life-saving medical interventions. Opponents argue that this amendment is an unnecessary expansion of state constitutional protections and will strip Virginia of flexibility to respond to future societal needs. HJ14- I do agree and in favor of this amending. 1. Reduces Financial Burden on Virginians Virginia’s annual personal property tax on motor vehicles can cost families hundreds or even thousands of dollars each year, especially given the high assessed values and taxing rates compared to other states. Exempting one personally owned vehicle from this tax will provide meaningful relief for working‐class Virginians, retirees, and middle-income households struggling with everyday expenses. 2. Encourages Financial Stability and Mobility For many Virginians, cars are a necessity—not a luxury—due to the state’s limited public transportation outside major urban areas. Providing a tax exemption for one personally used vehicle will help residents better afford reliable transportation to work, school, and medical appointments without the additional strain of recurring property tax liabilities. 3. Promotes Fairness and Simplicity Currently, personal property tax relief programs vary widely by locality and often require complex qualification rules tied to vehicle value or usage. HJ14 would standardize relief by constitutionally guaranteeing that each resident can own one vehicle for personal, noncommercial use without tax. This simplifies tax planning for families and eliminates inconsistencies across jurisdictions. 4. Strengthens Economic Competitiveness Lowering the overall tax burden makes Virginia a more attractive place to live and work. Reducing or eliminating personal property tax on one vehicle helps retain residents and attract new workers and retirees, supporting local economies and housing markets.

This is a horrible change that will kill more babies! God has created each baby in His image and has a plan for each one of them. Taking a baby at anytime is horrible enough but now, you want to kill a fully formed child in the last three months. I don’t care if it’s one or 12 physician making a decision, it’s just wrong. Many childless couples would love to adopt a newborn baby. This is not a form of “birth control” a Christian state and National should accept. Our society has become weak and avoids responsibility for their actions. Don’t get pregnant in the first place! Unfortunately, our state and federal legislators have become weak and afraid to stand their ground on knowing what is right and doing it, afraid to loose their seat of power. Stand up for what is RIGHT! God, May common sense rule through the obedience of your people!

The right to reproductive freedom is as essential to women as any other right guaranteed to a free people. Women's reproductive lives begin before they are adults, before they have finished their educations, well before some have arrived at a mature, stable, and financially secure position in life and WANT to become a parent. I came of age before Roe v. Wade and have memories of friends, roommates, and other young women who experienced unwanted pregnancies. My freshman roommate had to drop out of college 2nd semester and go to a home for unwed mothers. She was young and full of excitement and dreams that were derailed. My Aunt Marilyn had three children and health issues that were exacerbated by each pregnancy. When she became pregnant with their 4th child, she and her husband tried to find a doctor who would perform and abortion. When they could not, my uncle did research in the library before performing a kitchen table abortion on his wife. I met an older woman in an exercise class who told me a very similar story to my aunt's. Opponents of reproductive freedom often resort to stereotypes of women who have abortions, which do not match reality. Women are more than half the population. Reproductive freedom is a very personal and essential right. Governments have no business interfering in the intimate lives of women. I urge you to pass HJ-1 to insure reproductive freedom in the VA state constitution. Let VA be a model to other states. Please pass this bill; it will make VA a more appealing state, more competitive in business and industry, and a family friendly place to live. Pass it; it's the right thing to do. Thank you, Jane Goette 601 Draper Road Blacksburg, VA 24060

I pray that you understand the evil of cementing this into our constitution. I know that our culture has placed convince of a women over the life of the unborn, but that just means we have a duty to protect the most vulnerable among us. I do not expect that our state will outlaw abortion, but allowing it to happen up to the moment of birth just seems like an unnecessary step. I pray that your heart will see this is the truth. As for HJ4, please understand that you are seeking to undo the will of the people in this change. Our citizens already voted to ensure that districts are made in a fair and independent manner. Our state stands alone from another, and changing our districts in a manner to try and win a national election is an evil power grab. The lasting effect on Virginia citizens is robbing them of their voice.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

I am writing in strong opposition to HJ1. As content manager for the Virginia Christian Alliance and a devoted Christian who has studied both Scripture and the Constitution for decades, I cannot remain silent while this extreme amendment threatens Virginia's most vulnerable citizens—babies in the womb. "REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM" IS DECEPTIVE LANGUAGE. HJ1 actually does this: CURRENT LAW: Virginia requires THREE physicians' approval for third-trimester abortions on fully-formed, viable babies. HJ1 REDUCES THIS TO ONE PHYSICIAN'S OPINION. CURRENT LAW: Health risks must be "substantially and irremediably" harmful. HJ1 REMOVES THIS STANDARD ENTIRELY, replacing it with vague "mental health" justification (anxiety, stress, depression). ONE abortion provider—with NO oversight—can declare a viable baby "not viable." THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM: The Framers understood government exists to protect life, not destroy it. The Declaration of Independence declares that all men are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." LIFE COMES FIRST—without it, no other rights matter. HJ1 inverts this by enshrining a "right" to end innocent human life while stripping health protections for women and parental rights. THE BIBLICAL FOUNDATION: "You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I am fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalm 139:13-14). "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you" (Jeremiah 1:5). Every human being is created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27) and has intrinsic value. We are commanded to "speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves" (Proverbs 31:8-9). HJ1'S PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES: • Could eliminate parental consent laws (uses "individual" not "adult," allowing legal challenges to current requirements) • Could prevent enforcement of health and safety standards at abortion facilities • Could lead to state taxpayer-funded abortion through Medicaid • Makes Virginia an abortion destination state as surrounding states restrict access • Prohibits future legislation to protect unborn children THE MORAL ACCOUNTING: You will answer to God for this vote. Romans 13 establishes that government authority exists to punish evil and reward good. PROTECTING THE SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF INNOCENT HUMAN LIFE IS THE SHEDDING OF INNOCENT BLOOD, which Proverbs 6:16-17 declares God hates. Virginia can do better. We can protect BOTH mothers AND babies. We can provide real support for women facing crisis pregnancies instead of offering the false "solution" of ending their child's life. VOTE NO on HJ1. Stand for life. Stand for the Constitution. Stand for justice for Virginia's most defenseless citizens. Respectfully submitted, Jeff Bayard, Content Manager Virginia Christian Alliance

Please vote NO on HJ1. Abortions in Virginia have resulted in the death of thousands of innocent lives, and this amendment only promotes/funds the continuation of this slaughter. The deliberate and systemic killing of innocent humans is a grave sin against God and an atrocity in modern human history. As a Christian, I strongly urge you to vote DOWN this proposal. I encourage you to do what's morally right and defend the most vulnerable in our society. Do NOT promote the slaughter of innocent pre-born children. Jesus commanded us to "love your neighbor as yourself" (Matt 22:39). Pre-born children are our neighbors. This proposed amendment codifies evil within our state's laws, and you must stop it. Medical professionals acknowledge that a human embryo/fetus is a living being in the earliest stages of development, yet we do not grant these humans the same right to life that you and I enjoy. We must not classify the intentional killing of another human being as a "fundamental right." What is labeled as "reproductive freedom" is actually "sanctioned murder" of our pre-born children. As a taxpayer, I am wholeheartedly against my tax dollars being spent on such evils as abortion. Thank you for reading this in its entirety. Please vote NO on HJ1.

Please vote NO on all 4 of these bills. HJ1: We should value ALL life whether it is inside the womb or outside the womb. Who is standing up for the rights of the unborn? Just because a person is in the womb doesn't mean they aren't important. Let's not prioritize the rights of the mother over the rights of the unborn in her womb. Let us be a state of LIFE, not death. Over 1 MILLION abortions were performed last year. That is a lot of potential lives lost. HJ2: Restoration of a person's rights is important; however, it shouldn't be automatic. If we are going to restore some rights automatically, shouldn't we restore them all. Like their Second Amendment Rights too? HJ3: Marriage should be between a man and a woman. Call it something else if you want to comply with the Supreme Court decision. HJ4: The political districts in a state should be drawn by those who would not benefit from them. Regardless of your political affiliation, politicians should not be setting the political districts in the state. Districts should be drawn in the most non-partial way as possible. Politicians drawing the political districts is like having the embezzler in charge of the financial audit, not good. Just because other states are doing this, it doesn't mean we have to do it in Virginia. We can be better. Again, I urge everyone to vote no on these 4 pieces of legislation. Garret

HJ1 Please stop this horrible bill.

I oppose HJ1, and I support a ban on all abortions. Please vote no on this bill.

I oppose HJ1, and I support a ban on all abortions. Please vote no on this bill.

NO to abortion

Please oppose HJ1. Abortion takes the life of an innocent human being, which is something everyone knows deep in their soul. There are certainly better ways to help women in difficult situations without depriving others of the basic right to life.

The proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution is a dangerous overreach that threatens the fundamental rights of parents and the values of our Commonwealth. By establishing an unrestricted "fundamental right" for any individual, this amendment effectively bypasses Virginia's parental consent and notification laws. This ensures that minors could undergo life-altering medical procedures without the knowledge or guidance of their parents, stripping families of their right to protect their children. Furthermore, the amendment’s broad language creates a loophole for abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy. By including vague "health" exceptions that encompass mental and emotional health, it effectively eliminates Virginia's current 25-week limit and allows for late-term procedures up until the moment of birth. This is not a moderate measure; it is a radical shift that would turn Virginia into a destination for late-term abortions. Finally, this amendment paves the way for a mandate on taxpayer-funded abortions. By elevating this to a constitutional right, the courts can easily rule that the state must provide public funding for elective procedures, forcing millions of Virginians to violate their deeply held convictions. We must reject this effort to rewrite our Constitution and instead focus on policies that protect both the vulnerable and the rights of Virginia families.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion! Abortion is murder - we must PRESERVE life!

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1.

Women make up a large percentage of Virginia’s population many of whom have or will need an abortion sometime in their lifetime. This has helped many women make the right decisions for their lives and futures and saved many lives. If we look at the probably happening to our neighbors in the south we see women being held vegetatively until the give birth which is against a constitutional right to your bodily autonomy post death as a human incubator and seen many women die due to an inability for doctor to be able to take into account a women’s health while she is pregnant due to a highly debatable ban on abortions across the board. Virginia women don’t deserve to die or receive insufficient medical care because the government wants to control the choices the PEOPLE are making for their own lives, lest we forget that women are people and not property once again. Please support this bill to amend the Virginia Constitution to include abortion as a right for women and allow for the people to choose their own path forward. Thank you.

As a therapist who has worked in a medical practice specializing in women’s care for 40 years, I can attest to how important it is that any decision regarding reproductive health be a private matter between a woman and her health care provider.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. You will be accountable to God for how you vote, as he has ordained you to such a high position of authority to do justly and righteously on behalf of the people of this great Commonwealth. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

HJ1 in no way represents a state or citizens who understand that the US Constitution uphold the right of every human to not be deprived of life without due process and the innocent in the womb who are being murdered in ever increasing ways are being treated in our current laws unjustly allowing any other to willfully and with malice and forethought to deprive these humans, who are human, unique and conceived and created in the image of GOD, of their life and liberty and this is an abomination before out GOD and as a human rights violation. I beg you for your sake and the sake of this people to reject this HJ1 and any and all legislation which denies justice to the smallest and weakest of our neighbors for any reason, because there is no moral right to murder another human being. We have criminal laws already on the VA code and to not apply the laws against murder to each and every human in our state is to show partiality to anyone who will not be charged and tried as any other for murder when participating in any act of murder from choosing the child for murder, aiding, executing, attempting to coerce, funding, or in any other way knowingly participating or attempting to cover up or not reporting a suspected murder. This goes for all humans from conception meaning that IVF children should not be murdered or used for experiments or turned into commodities as well. End the child sacrifice now and cease and desist participating in establishing unjust laws and begin to treat our neighbors as we would want to be treated, as humans with the same protections to life and liberty under the law. If we do not reject this HJ1 then we already stand under the weight of the judgement of GOD and our conscience and are apathetic and guilty and will have to answer to the LORD and Jesus the Christ who died for our redemption will require an accounting. That trial will not be avoided. We seek to honor GOD and remove the just wrath and punishment for our acceptance of child sacrifice in the land and we see what he did to the nations which practiced it, even the Hebrew nation, his chosen people, were severely punished for adopting and tolerating this unjust and wicked practice. Nothing gets better if we are apathetic to the Holocaust which we allow to continue and even increase with these pills that can be obtained in mere days and with no cost. Every murder will be accounted for by GOD. Genesis 9:6 and we will stand before Him and answer why we purposefully established unjust laws that we are not ignorant that He Hates. Isaiah 10:1-10. I beg you to turn from this path that will destroy not only theses precious children, but our souls and our place, this state of Virginia which He blessed us with to govern well by establishing justice for all in His sight to honor him.

Pro life

Please oppose the proposed constitutional amendment for reproductive freedom. Abortion is murder to an unborn baby and very damaging to the mother physically, emotionally and spiritually. There are many better ways to help pregnant mothers in need of aid. This proposed amendment will only further harm women.

Abortion is not a right. It is an egregious injustice to your citizens, both the unborn and their mothers. I strongly oppose this bill. I expect more creative ways from my state representatives to support mothers both before and after the birth of their babies.

I'm writing in support of the HJ1 ammendment. I believe that enshrining reproductive freedom by allowing reproductive decisions to be made between a patient and their physician is an important step for Virginia in setting an example for the rest of the nation in protecting basic human rights.

Life is precious, a gift from God. Don't let abortion stop so many lives from happening. Imagine if someone close to you had been aborted, and how different your life would be without them today. Everyone is given the gift of life, who are we to take that away?

Rights for reproductive should have limits based on infant in names weeks based on fetus . I am against the killing of fetus and babies . You surely cannot take the life of an older person who is very sick and terminal or alzheimers so why should a person have the right to kill a baby. Woman and Men need to be more respoonsible in their sexual relations to avoid these terrible things they do or do not do for Life of another human being called a Baby. God Bless you all try to at least save a human being .

Abortion violates the right of life to the unborn child that all Americans, born and unborn, should enjoy. "Reproductive freedom" is another euphemism for "murder", legally understood as the premeditated ending of another's life with malicious aforethought. Abortion is the active choice to terminate a human life that has a natural right to live. It must not to be allowed to pass if the integrity of the constitution is to be respected and upheld.

As a mother of two and a volunteer for three years in a pro-life ministry, I invite legislators to stand for one day three hours and see how many young women walk into an abortion clinic because they feel they have no other recourse They are scared, have often given birth to other children, they lack support and have no perception of how this event is going to affect them therest of their life Instead of promoting abortion, rights legislators should vigorously support centers to support these women Some need to be taken out of abusive relationships, provide a means to better education so that they can support themselves and their child or others may need help to guide them through the pathway to adoption On any given day, I may see up to 12 women go into a clinic. I can’t imagine how many numbers there are through the state of Virginia for a year of babies that have been killed That is a number you should be aware of and seek to help these women to protect the life of their unborn child

The mandate will increase taxes, health insurance premiums, Medicaid and Medicare costs to cover the costs of abortion on demand? No protection for Medical professionals who will be forced to perform the proceedure even if the are morally opposed. It is currently LEGAL to have an abortion in all trimesters of pregnancy. In the third trimester, two healthcare providers must agree the abortion is necessary. There is no definition of “necessary.” In Virginia and all 50 states, abortion is permitted at any stage of pregnancy to save the life of the mother. If its your body your choice you should have to pay for it NOT taxpayers .

I belive abortion is not a women’s health issue and that is something that needs to be restricted.

I am writing in opposition to Bill HJ1. I believe all life is sacred. We must protect the most vulnerable among us, the unborn. Please vote NO on this bill.

Hello, I’m writing in opposition to this bill as I’m concerned about potential for tax payer money being used for abortion. I’d like to see more laws and funding to support the protection of SNAP benefits, prenatal care and increasing services for attachment focused parenting for women. Thank you for your time and for serving our community.

Please do not allow this amendment in our State Constitution. That baby is a life from the moment of conception and to allow abortion to the extreme that this law would allow, is not just murder, its a travesty without conscience. We cannot condemn the genocides that have taken place in history if we allow this to happen to the most defenseless of our citizens. God have mercy on us if this should pass.

I do not support the right to so called “reproductive freedom”. I am for a ban on all abortions.

In the case of advancing HJ1. NO! NO! NO! This is anti-life--murder for those that don't understand. A baby is a baby from conception, and nothing can change that. This does not help mothers or babies...it facilitates murder.

These 4 Amendments to the State Constitution do not reflect the values & will of the people of Virginia or God. Please vote against them all. Thank you!

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

It is horrific to think that Virginians are forced to vote on whether we want babies to be aborted up to and even after birth. Since when can men or women play the role of God? Life is precious and to be protected, not carelessly extinguished for the convenience or profit of others. Passage of this bill allows a vote this year that could enshrine the right to take the life of an unborn baby and even a just born baby as part of our Virginia Constitution! What an embarrassment that would be for all of our citizens. Women seeking abortions will flock to Virginia as almost all of the southern states have laws restricting abortions (thankfully). Is that what we want to be known for? No more Virginia is for lovers, now Virginia is for murders. This bill also strips the rights of parents to be the primary caregiver for their own children as parents will not have to be notified of their own children having an abortion. Who will pay for all this abortion on demand? Taxes will necessarily be increased to cover the cost of providing unlimited and unrestricted abortions which means the Virginia citizens will be forced to fund this immoral activity. Abortions should be restricted and rare, not something encouraged which is exactly what this bill will do.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion! All life has a right to live. How many times have you heard the baby won’t survive and it does and is perfectly healthy!

I ask you to vote NO on HJ1. I strongly oppose any abortion Please vote NO to HJ3. Right to marry should be for one man to one woman.

Please vote NO on this amendment in order to protect all unborn babies and their mothers. Sincerely, Claire Grendahl

FIRST-VOTE NO on the HJ1 Amendment! This amendment is atrocious and dangerous for the child, the mother and the father and for the Commonwealth of Virginia because it does not protect any of those mentioned. We used to be known as Virginia is for Lovers and with this amendment it will be Virginia IS FOR ABORTING BABIES UP TO BIRTH AT ANY AGE WITHOUT THE CONCENT OF THE PARENTS and to make it worse there are NO consequences for the person assisting the potential child when getting the abortion. This is not REPRODUCTIVE care it is influencing our girls and teaching them its ok to have unprotected sex because the solution in VIRGINIA will be to get an ABORTION. We will become the ABORTION CAPITAL OF THE NATION. THIS IS SHAMEFUL and anyone that supports this will be responsible for DEATH on their conscious of the most vulnerable of all, our babies. DO NOT SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion! All life has a right to live. How many times have you heard the baby won’t survive and it does and is perfectly healthy!

Please vote NO on Amendments 1, 2 ,3, 4 These do not uphold the values of our Country and State of Virginia. Sincerely, Cheryl Benedict

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

To Whom it May Concern: I am writing to you today as a lifelong resident of the State of Virginia, as a mother to three beautiful children, and as Catholic to urge you to oppose bills SJ1 and HJ1. While I believe that a woman should have the write to do what she likes with her own body, once she conceives a baby that baby is a person who should be afforded the same rights including the right to life. I urge you to oppose SJ 1 and HJ 1. I strongly oppose enshrining a “fundamental right” to abortion in Virginia’s constitution, as SJ 1 and HJ 1 would do. These extreme resolutions would severely jeopardize even the few modest protections for unborn children that currently exist in Virginia law, such as the ban on partial-birth abortion and the law requiring parental consent. The resolutions could also pre-empt any future legislation to protect babies before they are born and impede efforts to provide commonsense health and safety protections for pregnant mothers. A policy of unlimited abortion up until birth should be seen as a fundamental tragedy, not a fundamental right. Reject SJ 1 and HJ 1. Many children are born early and thrive so it is a travesty that bills like these try to make it legal to end their lives essentially murdering an innocent child. Instead of expanding abortion, please work instead for policies that affirm the life and dignity of every mother and every child and to help advocacy groups whose goal is to both preserve the life of the mother and child and assist them mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially during pregnancy and postpartum. I urge to choose to protect the most innocent among us. Every baby deserves the right to life and that life begins at the moment they are conceived. thank you. Sincerely, Sara Betancurt

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Vote NO on HJ1. One consequence of the vague language of the bill is in giving immunity to any who assist in procuring an abortion. A teacher or neighbor feels empowered to interfere with family cohesion and the family unit is fractured. This bill legitimizes such interference. Support our families. Vote NO.

This bill is poorly worded and will allow for a dangerous precedent in the killing of unborn children, and protect that by law. "The Commonwealth shall not penalize,prosecute, or otherwise take adverse action against any individual for aiding or assisting another individual in exercising such other individuals rights to reproductive freedom with such other individuals voluntary consent." It is the States duty and purpose to protect the core elements of society, i.e. the Family. Not ones "reproductive right". Contraception and abortion are not reproductive rights, they are anti-reproductive by their nature. Please vote against this bill.

It is NEVER a right to kill a human being!!!💔

I vote NO to this bill!

Nobody has a right to anything unless the people through their elected represenrptatives vote to establish that right. I do not believe that abortion is a right and respectfully request that this measure be voted down.

This bill is an abominable injustice against the rights of human beings. Vote NO. How can we expect to defend the lives of anyone if we first deny their right to life at the very beginning of that life?

Abortion is NOT reproductive freedom it is MURDER! Vote no and save hundreds of lives that will one day make our great state even better than it is today. All people have a right to life, even if in the womb.

Reject HJ1 which enshrines the evil of abortion, which destroys innocent human life and harms women in a tremendous way as it leaves them broken, not whole - it leaves an open wound, which they carry for the rest of their life. It does not lead to liberty, peace, or joy, but quite the opposite. Look at these women and see; they have no peace.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

My husband and I are extremely concerned about proposed abortion bills and legislation. We have lived in this state for many years and never dreamed of these bills moving forward and are aghast at the thought of it. We are vehemently opposed to any such passage of abortion and whole heartedly in favor of preserving and protecting all life espeically of the most vulnerable unborn life that all science now admits. Please say "no" to such bills.

VOTE NO! Adding the Murder of Children to our Virginia Constitution as an Individual Right betrays our Virginia forefathers and their original intent for life, but above all it betrays God who gave that life. In the Bible we are told that God "knew us before we were born"; that shows the intent of God in each and every life at conception was planned, known, loved, provided for, and has a destination no other human can fulfill. To destroy that life is to mock and defame God, who gave you your very breath of life. Few other actions are as heinous as the Murder of a Child. I ask you today to prohibit this evil act and forbid it's use as a medical procedure, and instead push for dignity, abstinence, and a God led life.

I vote NO to this bill!

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Vote NO on HJ1 I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

This amendment is pure evil and in the course of history will be shown as a warning by future generations. Those that survive this holocaust of abortion will rise up to condemn it. For those that support it, they will be remembered in the same way as Goebbels and Mangele are remembered today. For those that actively oppose it, they will be remembered as Schindler is today. Be on the right side of humanity and history.

I vehemently oppose the HJ1 bill. It is extreme and if passed would put both the woman and unborn child in grave danger of possibly death. Where is the oversight that would protect women and the unborn child? Life is precious in God’s eyes. I truly pray that you would consider not passing HJ1.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion! In Jesus name I pray Virginia legislature will do what is right before God! Protect life, protect our future!

Vote NO on HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Virginia must have a legacy of life, not furthering the culture of death. God rest the soul of every child killed due to Virginia’s abortion laws. Vote NO on HJ1.

To the House Privileges and Elections Committee, I ask the committee to please consider what is being done to the unborn babies if this amendment passes. The most innocent of our society will be burned alive, ripped apart, and/ or have their brains sucked out. Please please put this on your heart as you cast your vote today. You may believe in a women's "right to reproduction", but please remember, when you cast your vote today, this is what you are voting for with regards to the unborn children. May God have mercy on us. Thank you, Peter DiNardo 757-285-8037

Total opposition to unrestricted abortion in virginia. Stop it at this point.Do not let this amendment advance.

Please vote no on HJ1. Regardless of which side of the abortion topic you’re on, you must see how extreme this bill is and how vague the language is. We must do better to protect the most vulnerable in our society.

Please God do not make the killing of the most innocent forms of human life any easier. Pray for those who have had abortions or been involved in abortions, that they may repent and find healing.

These amendments are of great concern to me

As a woman, I believe reproductive choices should be solely hers and between her doctor. Any government has no right to interfere with the personal rights of a woman who will have the responsibility of raising the child whatever her circumstances may be, health problems, economic hardships, and family situations, this right of personal choice is imperative. The states with limited abortion access have higher rates of maternal and infant death, living with greater economic insecurity than women in states where abortion is protected. Please give women the right to choose and make very important decisions about her reproductive health. I represent the voices of many women in south West Virginia with my organization. Our Bodies VOTE YES HJ1 Www.ourbodiesourchoice.org

Praying for God's love to penetrate every heart and His grace of discernment to fill every individual in the United States of America and throughout the world. We need to return back to true love and common sense. May Our Lady who carried Jesus to the world watch over Virginia and every person in it.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Vote NO on HJ1. This amendment is extreme and contains very vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion.

Hello. I am writing in opposition to HJ1; Fundamental right to reproductive freedom. The purpose of government at all levels is to defend and protect the rights of all individuals, including the most vulnerable. I understand we have a way to go on the abortion debate, but codifying this amendment is too extreme. Allowing for abortion as a fundamental right is in direction opposition to the dignity of the unborn child, mother, and father. All life is precious no matter how they are conceived. This past year my husband and I were blessed with the birth of our first child. While we have faced challenges and uncertainty, we were overwhelmed with the support we received from our community. Friends, family, and even people we have limited interaction with were eager to provide support, supplies, and comfort as we prepared to grow our family. I understand we were fortunate with having a supportive community around us, but there are numerous organizations that want to help mothers and families regardless of their situation. Our community as a number of pregnancy resource centers eager to help families, especially those with crisis pregnancies. Another organization I support, Let Them Live, provides assistance in the way of counseling and financial support to mothers that have abortions scheduled. Through their efforts, dozen of babies have been saved from abortion and their mothers given aid to help support their growing families. Ultimately, children bring joy not just to their parents, but everyone they come across. No one is denying that parenthood is challenging at times, but having a child is the single greatest gift I have ever received and I would have not realized the magnitude of this gift until the birth of our child. I have seen family members with troubled pasts become better versions of themselves for the sake of their children and family members. No one should be denied the opportunity to experience this level of joy and love, especially when there are people out there willing to help. Instead of denying mothers and fathers the gift of life through abortion, more attention and support can and should be given to those most vulnerable among us. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Vote NO on HJ1. This amendment is extreme and contains very vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion.

God said in the beginning was life. Period. I am a retired pediatric nurse and I have seen a lot of premature infants—yep, they are people, just small.

Vote no to house vote HJ1, please! If you yourself are a parent or even have grandchildren, please. Look at these beautiful people in your lives and ask yourself how different your life would be if they weren’t in it? It is NOT reproductive “right” to kill an innocent life, period. Why do we protect puppies in the womb from euthanasia yet we do not have the same respect and DEMAND the same protections for our own race? Virginia can and must do better.

HJ1 Stop this amendment. It is simply permission to end the life of an unborn child who may one day change the world, become a mother or father, or be a person just like you are today, whose mother chose life for you over abortion. HJ2 Every person who has paid their debt to society deserves the right to vote for or against the people who make these life-changing decisions. If you do not allow ex-felons the right to vote, then stop taxing them. They should be permitted to vote for people who represent them as well.

Find courage and Vote NO to HJ1. All human life begins at conception, news flash- just like YOU! Abortion is murder of innocent life and is an atrocity against the natural moral law. Animals have more protected rights than our human race - what does that say about decisions made by legislators? I chose to move to this beautiful state of Virginia 36 years ago, raised 6 beautiful children and now blessed with 20 grandchildren. Until now, I believed Virginia was my forever home- a horrible HJ1 legislation outcome will be a turning point - it rocks my core of what I value most- HUMAN LIFE, created by God. May God have mercy on your souls! Do what is right and VOTE NO to HJ1.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

I vote no on this bill. And as my employee, I will need you to follow my request.

Vote no on House Bill HJ1. The right to abortion should not be allowed enshrined in the constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

To our VA Legislatures, The right of every single human being begins at birth. God has willed those precious little ones into life, it is not our RIGHT, to abort those children. We have kids having kids, we have adults having kids, then decide, nope don’t want to be pregnant and away with the baby. I implore you to think before you vote on this issue, God gives us life & only God should take it away. Thank you & God Bless, Sue Barra

Please do not vote for this bill. This is not a bill for reproductive freedom, but a bill for removing protections for the weakest among us, babies. This amendment would turn us into a state known for its disregard for unborn life. Instead of advancing this amendment to kill those unwanted, instead vote for and advance bils that support those struggling with becoming mothers. Bills extending maternity leave, cheaper childcare, and much more that encourage life and not snuff life out. I pray that you would consider the lives that will be lost if abortion becomes so easy to access in the commonwealth and the thousands that will never get to open their eyes.

Adding the Murder of Children to our Virginia Constitution as an Individual Right betrays our Virginia forefathers and their original intent for life, but above all it betrays God who gave that life. In the Bible we are told that God "knew us before we were born"; that shows the intent of God in each and every life at conception was planned, known, loved, provided for, and has a destination no other human can fulfill. To destroy that life is to mock and defame God, who gave you your very breath of life. Few other actions are as heinous as the Murder of a Child. I ask you today to prohibit this evil act and forbid it's use as a medical procedure, and instead push for dignity, abstinence, and a God led life.

Life is to be valued and honored; abortion kills. No one should be voting to pass this bill.

I am writing to express my opposition to Virginia HJ1. I believe this proposal is extreme and would place overly broad abortion policy language into law throughout the state of Virginia. HJ1 would prevent the Commonwealth from prohibiting abortion in the third trimester when, in the professional judgment of a physician, it is medically indicated to protect the pregnant person’s life or physical or mental health, or when the fetus is not viable. I am deeply concerned that this standard is too vague and could be applied far beyond truly rare and life-threatening circumstances. I am also troubled that the amendment’s sweeping language—especially its use of “every individual” and strict limits on state regulation—could weaken parental involvement laws and make it harder to maintain common-sense safeguards and accountability. Virginians deserve policies that protect women, respect parental rights, and preserve reasonable limits, rather than an amendment that removes meaningful oversight. For these reasons, I strongly urge you to oppose HJ1.

If Virginia represents ALL PEOPLE, the House of Delegates must oppose HJ1 to protect innocent human beings. Any woman who doesn't wish to raise a child will ruin her life by killing her unborn child. Adoption is the compassionate option! Choose LIFE for both! For the Commonwealth that was home to Jefferson, Madison, and Washington to allow this travesty of basic human decency is unthinkable. If the House of Delegates cares about equal protection for all, oppose this barbaric Bill. Virginia will destroy the Commonwealth with this horrible legislation.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion. Please!

I do not support HJ1. Abortion access should not be a part of our Virginia Constitution. I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Vote against HJ1. The proposed bill does not include all parties involved and affected by the decision. A baby/fetus/embryo is a human and does not have a choice in the decision. Fetal tissue is used for medical research and development of biologics. This is the primary reason for constantly using abortion to manipulate gullible people into thinking they are "helping" others. The pharmaceutical industry is behind the evil practice- it ALWAYS about money! Pharma meds require embryonic stem cells and cells less developed than that of a post-born person. W1 38, W1 44, RA 273 are examples of cell lines used for medical purposes. If you are uneducated in this area of research just enter the designation as a general search and the person from whom the cells were taken will be exposed and which body was used to develop the med.

Fear God & do not pass HJ1. This bill is extreme and unconstitutional as it does not consider the rights of the unborn. Speak up, take a stand for those who are unable to defend themselves. One day you will give an account before God for the vote you make today, as well as all the lives affected. Fear God, love your constituents and do not fall into the trap of the fear of man. I'm praying for you.

I am writing to express my opposition to Virginia HJ1. It is an extreme and dangerous proposal. HJ1 would allow abortions on healthy, viable babies in the third trimester with the approval of only a single physician. Its vague and sweeping language opens the door to eliminating parental consent laws, stripping parents of their right to be involved in life-altering decisions about their children. It would also prevent the enforcement of basic health and safety standards at abortion facilities and could pave the way for taxpayer-funded abortions. This amendment is not about women’s health—it is about removing every meaningful limit on abortion, even when unborn children can survive outside the womb. Virginians deserve better than a constitutional amendment that abandons preborn children, undermines parental rights, and silences common-sense protections. While I value personal liberty, I strongly urge you to oppose HJ1 and instead support policies that respect life, stand up for preborn Virginians, protect families, and defend a future for Virginia that values life, accountability, and compassion beyond abortion.

To whom it may concern, Abortion is murder! The God and creator of the universe will judge those who allow and commit such an atrocity. We know abortion is murder for many reasons, one being that woman and families pay thousands of dollars for fertility treatments each year HOPING to create life. The life of an unborn human being! Any action taken AFTER a life is created to stop development or stop short the possibility of life, liberty, and freedom of said human being is by definition - murder! The blood of innocence is on the hands of all Americans who create legislation to allow abortion, vote to allow abortion, perform abortions, fund abortions, stay silent on the matter of abortion, and those who elect to have an abortion. This atrocity kills our future! May God have mercy on your souls, if you still have one.

Please vote AGAINST this immoral bill. The killing of a baby for “reproductive freedom” is barbaric, shameful, contemptible, and animalistic.

I urge you to vote in favor of the redistricting amendment. As a constituent from Chesapeake, VA, I want to feel confident that my community is being represented fairly. Every Virginian deserves to know their vote matters. Supporting this amendment is one simple way to help protect that.

Respect Life from conception!

Tomorrow marks the beginning of Virginia’s legislative session, and on day one the abortion lobby is already moving to advance HJ1, the so-called Reproductive Freedom Amendment. This amendment would radically change Virginia’s Constitution and turn our Commonwealth into an abortion destination state. HJ1 is an extreme and dangerous proposal. It would allow abortions on healthy, viable babies in the third trimester with the approval of only a single physician. Its vague and sweeping language opens the door to eliminating parental consent laws, stripping parents of their right to be involved in life-altering decisions about their children. It would also prevent the enforcement of basic health and safety standards at abortion facilities and could pave the way for taxpayer-funded abortions. This amendment is not about women’s health—it is about removing every meaningful limit on abortion, even when unborn children can survive outside the womb. Virginians deserve better than a constitutional amendment that abandons preborn children, undermines parental rights, and silences common-sense protections. I strongly urge you to vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians, protect families, and defend a future for Virginia that values life, accountability, and compassion beyond abortion.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Please vote NO on HJ1. Please stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Please vote no on amendment HJ1. Abortion is NOT reproductive health care. That is a false narrative. Abortion is the termination of life. Any woman that has felt a baby move within her knows that is life, if it were not life the baby would not move within the womb, have a heartbeat, get the hiccups, suck his/her thumb. How can you vote to legally kill a baby? How can you determine when a baby is not a life? There was a time when a premature baby had little chance of survival. Today babies born as early as 24 weeks survive. I’m sure that in the future medical advances will allow all premature babies to survive. How can you then vote to terminate a human being for no reason other than the narrative of “reproductive health care”??

Please support amendment HJ1. Reproductive freedom is incredibly important to the health of our communities and taking rights away will be extremely detrimental.

This amendment is extreme, and most Virginians do not want abortion laws taken this far. HJ1 would allow abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. Its vague and sweeping language could also be used to eliminate parental consent laws and prevent the enforcement of basic health and safety standards at abortion facilities. Removing these safeguards is dangerous not only for preborn children, but for mothers as well. Health and safety regulations exist to protect women from substandard care, medical negligence, and unsafe conditions. Stripping the Commonwealth of its ability to enforce these protections puts women at real risk and prioritizes ideology over patient safety. Additionally, HJ1 opens the door to the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Virginians overwhelmingly support reasonable limits, informed consent, and protections that safeguard both women and their children—not a constitutional amendment that removes long-standing standards and allows abortion with virtually no restrictions. I urge you to vote NO on HJ1. Please stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion.

I am in support of HJ1 - this type of decision should be between a woman or a couple and their doctor. It does NOT belong in politics. Please vote yes to refer this amendment to the House.

Please vote NO on HJ1. Abortion is morally wrong. It is correct that women have rights; they also have responsibilities. Irresponsibility is the most common reason for choosing abortion. Medically necessary abortions are rare! The wording of HJ1 is vague (maybe intentionally) and presents opportunities for even more infringement upon our families and moral responsibilities as parents. Thank you for voting NO !

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies with only one physician;s approval. The vague langue can allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health and safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. We also need to ensure that there is no possibility of taxpayer funded abortions. Vote NO on HJ1.

Comments Document

I am writing to express my strong opposition to HJ1. This proposed amendment represents a significant and far-reaching change to Virginia’s Constitution, one that would permanently weaken protections for the most vulnerable members of our Commonwealth. As written, HJ1 would permit abortions after fetal viability with the approval of only a single physician, even in cases where the unborn child is healthy. This removes long-standing safeguards that recognize viability as a meaningful ethical and medical threshold, and it offers no clear limits to ensure that late-term abortions are truly rare or restricted to extraordinary circumstances. The amendment also relies on broad and imprecise language that could undermine existing parental consent and notification requirements, effectively sidelining parents from life-altering medical decisions involving their minor children. Additionally, the vague language raises serious concerns about the Commonwealth’s ability to enforce basic health and safety standards at abortion facilities, standards that exist to protect women from harm. There is also reason to believe this amendment could open the door to the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortion services, despite the deeply held moral objections of many Virginians. Attached is a photo of Angel, a baby who was found aborted. Based on available information, he was possibly exsanguinated and dismembered while still alive. I include this not to shock, but to underscore what is at stake when legal protections for preborn children are eroded. Behind every abstract policy debate is a real human life, deserving of dignity, compassion, and protection. HJ1 would lock extreme abortion policy into our state constitution, making it far more difficult for future legislators and citizens to enact reasonable, humane limits or respond to new medical and ethical considerations. Constitutional amendments should unify Virginians around fundamental rights, not entrench policies that many view as profoundly unjust and harmful. For these reasons, I urge you to vote no on HJ1. I respectfully ask you to support policies that protect vulnerable preborn Virginians, uphold responsible medical standards, respect parental rights, and reflect a genuine commitment to life-affirming values in the Commonwealth. Thank you for your time and for your service to the people of Virginia.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

I am strongly opposed to the inhumane bill HJ1 which would allow the death of a human soul that would be viable outside its mother's womb.

A righteous person cares ⌞even⌟ about the life of his animals, but the compassion of wicked people is ⌞nothing but⌟ cruelty (Proverbs 12:10). Once again, by the "love" and "compassion" of whom are children murdered ⌞even⌟ in the womb? Vote NO to HJ1!!

I am writing to voice my strong opposition to HJ1. This measure dismisses the inherent dignity and worth of unborn children, undermines the rights of parents, and represents an extreme departure from the values that have long guided our Commonwealth. Every child in the womb is a human life with purpose and potential. HJ1 attempts to strip these children of recognition and protection, ignoring both science and basic moral responsibility. The resolution also threatens parental rights by shifting critical decisions away from families and toward the state. Parents—not government—are the primary guardians and advocates for their children, and any policy that weakens that role is deeply troubling. HJ1 is an extreme proposal that disregards the convictions of countless Virginians. I urge you to reject it and uphold the principles of life, family, and human dignity.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. If you care at all about life and health, please vote NO to this amendment. It amazes me that laws seeking to legalize the slaughter of human beings prior to and even up until the moment they are born are called 'reproductive freedom'. How does a baby being born limit anyone's freedom? Is it not worse than segregation or slavery to insist that a child be killed so that they will not infringe upon your comfort and convenience? What about the freedom rights of the child? Abortion is murder and should be illegal at any and all stages. How far will you allow these laws of death to be perpetuated? Will you next pass legislation which legalizes the killing of infants with down syndrome next, or perhaps euthanasia for the old and invalid? Please vote NO to this amendment.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Oppose HJ1 in the name of Jesus! Intentional killing of a child that the Lord is creating is a gracious affront against a holy God, bringing down His judgement on each person voting for this bill and on the commonwealth of Virginia. “Healthcare, choice, reproductive freedom, woman’s right” are euphemisms to avoid the truth of what induced abortions are. For life of the mother complications, even abortionists tell us c-sections are safer and quicker, and offer the baby life saving measures. Please do not be part of the holocaust of our generation and black genocide. It is our turn to stand for up the most vulnerable among us, Virginia. “ A country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, rather to use violence to get what they want. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.” Mother Theresa

I oppose HJ1. There is no need to have Abortion Until Birth. Virginia already has the women's right to abortion until 26 weeks which is already far too long. It is barbaric to destroy a living baby that feels enormous pain during the dismemberment and brain crushing to extract the baby from the mother's uterus. If the mother's health is at risk a C-section can be performed very quickly, much quicker than an abortion to save the life of the mother. I know that from personal experience. I had an emergency C Section in 7 minutes. Both baby and I were saved and healthy. This amendment also removes protections for women. There are no required standards for physicians to perform the abortions. There are no standards for abortion clinics. It says nothing about the Joint Commission inspecting and qualifying the clinics. No age restrictions so minors can have abortions without parental consent. Who is responsible for the minor having complications, bleeding, tearing of the uterus? Those who vote for this horrendous amendment should be sued to pay for damages. Please vote NO to this amendment. There is already a right to abort in Virginia.

I strongly oppose this bill because I believe every unborn child, from conception to birth, deserves protection. Women deserve real support and compassionate care that values both their well-being and the life of their child. I urge lawmakers to reject this bill and instead focus on policies that protect unborn children and offer meaningful support to women and families.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

There is no logical reasoning behind a baby in the womb not being considered a living human. The termination of this life is a crime, not a fundamental right.

VOTE NO!!! I believe in God's Choice! Babies are citizens of Virginia, too!

I am completely in opposition to the HJ1 bill which facilitates the termination of innocent human life. The value of human life should not depend on where the baby is physically located (in or outside the womb). “A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn.”

Abortion is murder and should not be allowed. We need to offer real support to mothers and their children, not a way for children to be killed and mothers to be scarred. Virginia should not allow abortions.

Virginia has already been on the wrong side of the Human Rights debate, learn from our mistake on Slavery. Every human is valuable and worthy of protection. Human value does not depend the color of your skin, sex, stage of development, or location. Reject HJ1 and stand up for the Human Rights for all humans.

Please vote NO to this terrible bill. It supports abortion up to birth and without parental notification using taxpayer money. Later term abortion usually involves the crushing and dismemberment of a tiny baby who should be love and protected by his/her parents.

Dear members of the general assembly, I’m a licensed professional counselor and counselor educator working and serving communities, particularly LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships, in Virginia for the past decade. I’m writing to you to share my story about my family. My wife and I started our relationship in 2018 and got married in 2019. We worked hard and deeply desired to build our family. In 2021, we began our family planning journey as an LGBTQ+ couple. In 2022, we welcomed our son who is the biggest gift life can give. Our ability to be married greatly helped us in achieving our dreams as my wife was able to adopt our son in 2023. We all deserve the right to marry and build families and communities that support one another. Protecting the right to marry for LGBTQ+ individuals is a human right. When the judge asked us if there was anything we wanted to share about the adoption order, all we could muster was how grateful we are for this opportunity. Please protect our right to marry and keep LGBTQ+ families whole. Thank you!

I respectfully oppose House Joint Resolution 1. While presented as a “reproductive freedom” amendment, HJ1 goes far beyond current Virginia law and would permanently remove long-standing protections that many Virginians support. By placing broad and undefined abortion rights into the state constitution, the amendment would limit the ability of future legislatures — and voters — to enact reasonable safeguards such as parental consent for minors, informed consent, waiting periods, and protections for unborn children later in pregnancy. Constitutional amendments should be narrow, clear, and reflect broad consensus. HJ1 instead uses sweeping language that could allow abortion access up to birth with minimal regulation and restrict the Commonwealth’s ability to protect women, families, and children. These are complex, deeply moral issues that deserve ongoing legislative debate, not permanent constitutional mandates. I urge lawmakers to reject HJ1 and instead pursue policies that support women, families, prenatal care, adoption resources, and both mother and child — without eliminating reasonable limits or removing the people’s voice from future decisions.

As a resident of Northern Virginia, I strongly oppose HJ1. This amendment is not healthcare. It would allow abortion after viability and fails to protect babies born alive during later-term abortion procedures. The vague language is deeply concerning, particularly around parental consent and the standards used to justify abortion, which could be broadly interpreted beyond life-threatening situations. HJ1 does not address the coercion of minors into abortion and does nothing to support sustainable community practices that strengthen families and protect women and children. Rather than advancing policies that make family planning and childbirth accessible and supported, it prioritizes abortion without addressing underlying needs in Virginia.

This legislation is the embodiment of the commoditization of human life. Human life begins at conception. Abortion allows for the organ harvesting of even first trimester abortions in which the baby's body is micro-dissected for the heart, lungs, kidney, liver, thymus and other tissues of the child. This is not a clump of cells. This tissue is then sold to pharmaceutical companies and other manufacturers so they can make biologic agents and more importantly cosmetics, skin creams and other products all at the expense of a human life. The later the in the pregnancy the more each organ costs. You can also get a subscription to fetal organs. How many of this panel are invested in companies that seek the procurement of human organs? Further, it is important that the organs are harvested without anesthesia and the child dies only after the harvesting has begun. Thus, the child feels their body ripped a part. You further lie to the young people and say they should not be bothered by the killing of their preborn child. You are not present for the depression, anxiety, suicide attempts, psychosis, breast cancer, cervical cancer, miscarriage and other medical problems that occur post abortion because after all it is all about the number of abortions and the more babies sacrificed in Virginia the happier the members of this committee are. Bernard Nathenson, the founder of the National Abortion Right Action Legal who fought for Roe described the glee in board meeting as the number of abortions escalated. As a physician, he realized he was wrong. The desire for abortion is a sickness that has overcome this nation and has destroyed the greatest gift given to women. Further, those woman and girls who are being sex trafficked will have no protection. Those clinicians who commit malpractice will never be held accountable. There are no standards for these clinics so every mother needs to know she is not only sentencing her preborn child to death but she is placing her own life in danger. The "safe and effect" abortion pill. Yes, it starves a preborn baby, not a clump of cells. What message are we sending the children of Virginia: if you are alive, be grateful because your mother has the right to kill you and your father is just a bystander, discarded like a disposable rag. Then to add to your plan, you promote the sterilization of youth as you tell them them can change their biologic sex. Then lastly, you open the door to surrogates without limitation. A pedophile can now order a child. Couples are not limited in the number of children they can purchase. Purchase. In Virginia, we have another word for this; Slavery. Yes, Virginia supports slavery. You believe that human life is a commodity that women have complete and total control over. Be clear this is what you are voting for. You will be responsible not for raising the health of the nation but you will be responsible for the genocide of the black population in Virginia. You will be responsible for the genocide of the white population in Virginia. You will be responsible for the genocide of Virginia.

I am a proud lifelong Virginian. I am the mother of three daughters and I plan to raise my girls here in this great Commonwealth. Neither I, nor my daughters, nor any other woman in Virginia, need the "right" to kill our preborn children up until the moment of birth to be enshrined in our state constitution. Virginia state law already allows abortion until viability, which is currently about 24 weeks. This is long after the fetus's heart has started beating, long after their mother can feel her child moving, long after the fetus has begun to feel pain. There is absolutely zero confusion about whether a fetus is alive at this point. They most certainly are. Abortion kills them. HJ1 would allow the of killing preborn children AFTER viability. And for what reason? At the point of viability, what possible reason could someone have for ending her own child's life, rather than delivering her child early and getting proper medical care? I am NOT saying that women with pregnancy complications should be legally required to sacrifice their own life for that of their preborn child (but what mother wouldn't?) That is not what I am saying at all, and neither is anyone else opposed to abortion. What I am saying is this: There is no reason, even if a pregnant woman's life is in danger, that she would need to have an abortion after 24 weeks. Deliver the child, do everything medically possible to save the mother's AND the child's life! Is that easy? No, absolutely not. Is it the responsibility of the State to protect the lives of ALL its citizens? Absolutely yes. Voting to enshrine abortion in our state constitution is not only not necessary for the women of Virginia, but it's cruel and inhumane to future generations of Virginians. Please, vote no on HJ1.

I find it ironic that highlights of this amendment indicate the goal is to recognize reproductive freedom as a core right for every individual. What about the rights of every child that is murdered when an abortion is completed? How far have we come as a society where we’ve decided that a woman’s right to choose death for another human's life is okay? I ask that you pray to God the creator and ask him to show you the injustice you’ll be directly responsible for if you support this amendment. We should put our resources and energy into helping unexpectant mothers care for their children or help them find a loving home for those babies. Murder is not and will never be the right answer.

Please vote No, this is a terrible Bill for Virginia and so far outside of mainstream thinking. It has nothing to do with reproductive rights and strips parents of their rights and responsibilities. Vote NO!

It has been said there are no women's rights and no man's rights --- there are only human rights. The most basic human right is sovereignty over one's own body. Whether you are male or female, your primary essence is your humanity and your primary responsibility as a human is to protect yours and others' humanity. As an elected official, this , in fact, is your hallowed public responsibility. What happens to a person's in terms of their health care and well-being must be within their own power to determine or else we are slaves to the state. You cannot know the circumstances that drive any women, couple, family, doctor, to believe an abortion is the right choice for them. Do not presuppose that your sense of humanity is superior to theirs. Honor their human rights that, in turn , you can rightfully expect the state to honor yours.

I am against HJ1 because it enshrines a broad constitutional right to reproductive freedom that could preclude reasonable, evidence based regulations on abortion and related care. Making this a fundamental constitutional right limits future legislatures ability to balance maternal health, parental evolvement, and protections for unborn children. I believe such decisions should remain within the scope of legislative process where elected representatives can adjust policy, rather than write permanent, expansive language into the states foundational law.

Please do not support this bill.. I don’t understand the rush. This bill will have dire effects on women and babies. Please consider the blessing of your own life and take the side of these most vulnerable among us. Do the right thing, not the easy thing.. have a nice day and make sure inborn babies can live to have a nice day too.

The proposed Virginia abortion amendment negates parental rights and ignores the rights of unborn persons. Also, doctors may perform abortions up to birth without criminal liability. None of these scenarios are good for the citizens of our Commonwealth. Virginia has turned into a state where radical abortion activism has taken hold and this amendment is so far out of the mainstream of American opinion. Please vote no.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

Dear members, I oppose this bill and urge you to consider that no person has the right to infringe on another persons right to life. Preborn people are humans and alive from the moment of fertilization, possessing a separate DNA unique to their personhood. Please consider that our means of conception does not determine our value as a species, and providing life affirming services and care before and after birth is truly pro woman. Thank you.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

I have been a Virginian since 2000 and a physician since 1994. Please oppose HJ1. Life begins at conception, abortion hurts and kills women, and pregnancy and childbirth have improved the lives of countless of my patients. Further de-regulating child sacrifice in the Commonwealth will only lead to more harm-see the package inserts of mifepristone for warnings regarding death from infection.

I am in support of these Bills as a Virginia resident and voter.

I am writing in opposition to HJ1. This amendment is extreme and would allow for abortions on healthy babies past viability with only one physician’s approval. It also contains extremely vague language that would allow for parental consent laws to be removed and prevent any health or safety standards from being enforced at abortion facilities. It would even allow for the possibility of taxpayer-funded abortion. Vote NO on HJ1. Stand up for preborn Virginians and stand for a Virginia beyond abortion!

I support HJI. I is absolutely imperative that we allow women to make their own choice regarding reproduction and their own bodies.

As an almost lifelong Virginian, I would like to express my full support for each of these proposed bills/amendments.

I strongly support the constitutional amendment that assures that people have the right to the full scope of reproductive health care and protects health care professionals who provide it.

I am writing in support of HJ1. Please pass the language on this important proposed Constitutional Amendment to protect the rights and freedoms for all families in the Commonwealth. These protections are important for ensuring access to quality healthcare for our citizens as well as remaining a safe haven for our neighbors in need.

Comments Document

Dear Chair Price and members of the House Privileges and Elections Committee: My name is Nicole McCurdy, and I am an Organizing and Engagement Associate-Campaigns and Policy at Catholics for Choice, a nonprofit organization that amplifies the voices of the overwhelming majority of Catholics who support reproductive freedom. I am writing to submit written testimony in support of HJ 1- Constitutional Amendment; right to reproductive freedom, which is currently before your committee. Please find our written testimony attached. Thank you for your consideration and for your work on this important issue.

I am a member of Equality UUCA which is a part of the 650-member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. Our focus is to represent LGBTQIA+ matters from the perspective of our faith. We urge repeal of the existing marriage amendment to the Constitution prohibiting marriage between same sex couples to be replaced by the proposed affirmative right to marriage. Please vote yes on HJ3. A guiding principle and value of our Unitarian Universalist faith is to affirm the inherent worthiness and dignity of all people. Marriage equality in effect for a decade has proven the wisdom of our principle. Marriage equality is good for families and good for the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth can ill afford to take the risk of losing the many benefits of same sex marriage by an ill-considered future federal court decision. The time is now to remove this cruel anachronism from the Virginia Constitution, to recognize the clear will of the people of Virginia, and to affirm the thousands of same sex marriages that already exist and those that will exist in the future.

I am a member of the 650-member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. We recognize the clear intersection of reproductive freedom with the inalienable right of all people to bodily autonomy. I urge your yes vote on HJ1 to advance to referendum. Thank you. Carol Lewis

I represent Equality UUCA which is a part of the 650-member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. Our focus is to represent LGBTQIA+ matters from the perspective of our faith. We recognize the clear intersection of reproductive freedom with the inalienable right of all people to bodily autonomy. We urge your yes vote on HJ1 to advance to referendum.

Our Bodies Our Choice of Blacksburg, Virginia has been working hard to educate the public about the Constitutional Amendment on Reproductive Freedom over the last two years. More than 200 people have joined our list of supporters of the amendment. College students can't imagine a world with access to contraception and those of us in the older generation, who lived without access to contraception or abortion in our youth, are fighting hard to retain these protections for all Virginia families. We strongly urge you to approve HJ1!

The League of Women Voters of Virginia supports HJ1. Every Virginian deserves the freedom to make personal healthcare decisions without government interference. These decisions include those related to comprehensive reproductive healthcare – prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, abortion care, miscarriage management and fertility care. HJ1 will guarantee that the state cannot deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most personal healthcare decisions. Our health care providers need to be able to act in the best interests of their patients, without government interference or fear of punishment. This legislation provides that protection. We urge you to support the passage of HJ1.

I am opposed to any all bill that make it easier to cheat in elections like these bills being presented. I am opposed to any and all bills that make same sex marriage acceptable. I am opposed to any and all bills that allow full term abortion and allow minors to have abortions with out the parents knowledge. I am opposed to any and all bills that would allow minors to undergo transgender surgery . I am opposed to any and all bills that will raise taxes while the politicians are trying to give themselves a 150% increase no that is not acceptable.

HJ1, HJ3 These Proposed Amendments to the State Constitution neither reflect the values nor the will of the people of Virginia. Please vote against them. The intent of such amendments is not to the betterment of the Commonwealth. In fact, by reducing population by allowing babies to die gasping for breath and allowing same sex marriages is reducing growth of families. This is not protection, but desicreation of life. This will mean a smaller population for all next generations, resulting in fewer and fewer people, fewer tax payors as well. These amendments are not beneficial to life for our state, Thank you!

We need more, not fewer, voters . People who have satisfied criminal punishments and are not violent should be allowed, encouraged to vote.

Dear Chairman and Members of the House Committee, I strongly urge you to vote no to allowing the following four Virginia constitutional amendments to be voted on in a referendum: HJ1, HJ2, HJ3, and HJ4. HJ1 overrides current and future Virginia statues. Because it applies to every individual, it undermines parental rights which endangers minors. It opens the door to guaranteeing minors the right to sexual experimentation, again undermining parental rights. It also implies that parental consent can be nullified as discriminatory if in conflict with supposed reproductive freedom of minors. Parental rights are a God-given U.S. Constitutional Right in the Fourteenth Amentment and upheld by the Supreme Court. HJ1 takes away the state's ability to limit abortions up until birth, punishes medical staff who have conscientious or religious objections to abortion, and puts women's health at risk by adopting abortion industry standards. HJ1 destroys unborn babies rights. They, like all of us, have a God-given right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" as the Declaration of Independence states. HJ2 allows unrepentant felons to vote. It puts the integrity of our elections at risk by allowing irresponsible people to vote who by their actions gave up their right to vote. HJ3 removes the true Biblical foundational meaning of marriage between one man and one woman as defined by God which when rejected endangers the building blocks of stable communities. The new definition between any two adults could easily be changed to minors and multiple adults in the future because it is not based on truth. HJ3 does not allow for conscientious or religious objections by clergy, religious organizations, businesses, or others. It forces gender ideology on everyone regardless of biological reality and danger to women in sports and day to day life. HJ4 would effectively destroy the two-party system in Virginia almost entirely ensuring that the party in power would stay in power indefinitely. It gives lawmakers from one party the power to choose their voters which undermines fair elections. These four amendments collectively spell disaster to the way of life our founders desired to preserve in the Virginia Constitution as a Godly heritage for us and all future generations. They steal rights and freedom guaranteed to us as U.S. and Virginia citizens. Hold to fast to the values that made Virginia and America great. Vote against these amendments!

I am totally against this amendment that is a sad testimony of the current Democratic party. -When you break the law there are consequences. There is a loss of privileges, rights, and a loss of freedom. If you take away consequences there is even less incentive to obey the law and I would question the judgement of those committing felonies, do we want them deciding the direction of our Commonwealth or country?

Keep up out of the dark ages. Vote Yes on HJ2

The comments I am about to make reflect how reenergized I am about constitutional rights after a recent visit to Montpelier. VA is poised in a special way given our history during the formation of the country to be even more at home with the Federalist Papers, the Bill of Rights, Constitution,and the Declaration of Independence, with so much written here. I truly believe that Virginia can help lead our whole nation to heal divides and ensure the individual freedoms we have been lucky to have(or gain). 1. Please support HJ1. Laws that disproportionately remove the agency of women but not men, reflect the idea of people not being created equal, but that women are created less than and need the government to make their decision decisions for them. Separation of church and state is critical to a free nation that will stay free. Especially during times of economic hardship and limited access to healthcare and health insurance for so many Americans, and with a massive amount of chronic illness often disabling, the lives of our families in Virginia are very complicated now. The only way to safeguard the freedom of women as a president is to full-throatedly support they're absolute autonomy through every step of the way . On a personal note, I have a cousin who required 4 transfusions after an ectopic pregnancy gone wrong and she very nearly died at an age way too young. She was an OR nurse who helped save the lives of countless people. Much of the legislation being drafted does not even consider children left behind if anything happens to their mom in the case of horrible medical problems. Mothers have died in states that failed to protect their medical rights. it is terrifying to see women and drs hamstrung and or persecuted during the hardest times of their lives.. . HJ3. Please vote in favor of HJ3. Again, we are at a critical juncture with protecting the life, liberty, and happiness of so many Virginians. There is no one who is forced to have a same-sex marriage if they do not wish to be in one. Freedom of religion is critical to a healthy democracy. Standing up for the freedom of people, whether or not you agree with their choices, to marry another consenting adult should not be a partisan issue. It reflects the most basic freedom one could have. On a personal level, I am in a marriage that would be protected, a marriage that my entire conservative family came out to celebrate with me. It has never caused harm to anyone, and was one of the most joyful things that happened with our family in years. I have a wife who will support my decisions to help take care of my aging parents and is very much loved by everyone. This legislation is highly politicized and does not reflect even most conservative views and is very partisan in nature. If you get out and talk to people who are not extremists. Virginia is a purple state and this reflects are purple views. HJ4. Please vote yes. I hope the future will bring bipartisan reform to stop redistricting that disenfranchises constituents. This seems like a way to balance the scale back , but more and more it seems like the popular vote may be something to consider. We are people not pawns and this is a short term fix that I hope you will vote yes to. Thank you for your consideration. Please vote yes to all.

Oppose all 4 amendments. The General Assembly scheme to shove these amendments through and rush them to the ballot in a Special Election in April reveals how little the Democrat majority actually want to do what is right for Virginia. Every Virginian should take note of the slimy tactics utilized to get these amendments to the new Governor today. There is no reason these amendments could not wait until November, except those who push ideology over governance have been granted the gift of power. So much for "NO KINGS".

Hi my name is Adriane Graham. I am a lifelong resident of Newport News and active in the community via my church, sorority, graduate school, and through my role as the NNPS Work-Based Learning Specialist. I am in support of the Constitutional amendment ; qualifications of voters and the right to vote (HJ2). The opportunity for returning citizens to become productive citizens is one of the driving forces behind my service in the community. Being married to someone who has had to go through the process of rights restoration has given me a front row seat to the collateral consequences that returning citizens face. Housing and employment barriers already cause these individuals excessive stress, not to mention increasing chances of recidivism. Once someone has served a sentence, forcing them to figure out the rights restoration process and relying on the mercy of one individual to determine whether or not they can return to productive citizenship becomes a dangerous obstacle course. I urge you to support HJ2 to ensure all members of our community have the chance to contribute positively.

Felony disenfranchisement has been a stain on our Constitution since 1902. This amendment will allow individuals to automatically reinstate their right to vote upon release from incarceration. This amendment guarantees that ALL Virginians can participate in the democratic process that governs them.

I am bragging someone to hear my voice. I understand everyone has a different opinion. I am asking that you do not pass the Abortion without safeguards. If we continue down this dangerous path we will not have a country. We need to have babies to sustain to life here in the US, as we all were once a born baby of someone. Think about if your mother had aborted you! I asking to stop the Gerrymandering bill as it will keep voices from being heard from both sides. I am asking you not to pass the bill for unrepentant felons. Those people need to earn their way back into our society. Think about if they committed a crime against someone in your family that you love. How would you feel about a felon then? I am asking this in the name of Jesus.........

Please vote NO on all 4 of these bills. HJ1: We should value ALL life whether it is inside the womb or outside the womb. Who is standing up for the rights of the unborn? Just because a person is in the womb doesn't mean they aren't important. Let's not prioritize the rights of the mother over the rights of the unborn in her womb. Let us be a state of LIFE, not death. Over 1 MILLION abortions were performed last year. That is a lot of potential lives lost. HJ2: Restoration of a person's rights is important; however, it shouldn't be automatic. If we are going to restore some rights automatically, shouldn't we restore them all. Like their Second Amendment Rights too? HJ3: Marriage should be between a man and a woman. Call it something else if you want to comply with the Supreme Court decision. HJ4: The political districts in a state should be drawn by those who would not benefit from them. Regardless of your political affiliation, politicians should not be setting the political districts in the state. Districts should be drawn in the most non-partial way as possible. Politicians drawing the political districts is like having the embezzler in charge of the financial audit, not good. Just because other states are doing this, it doesn't mean we have to do it in Virginia. We can be better. Again, I urge everyone to vote no on these 4 pieces of legislation. Garret

The League of Women Voters of Virginia supports the proposed Constitutional Amendment. Democracy is most representative when everyone has a voice, and thus voting should be protected in our state Constitution. Only two or three states permanently disenfranchise individuals who have felony convictions. At present, it is estimated that many thousands of eligible people are still disenfranchised in Virginia, with a disproportionate effect on minority and lower income Virginians. Please do not continue to punish people for life. Everyone deserves a second chance. With respect to any citizen subject to adjudication of capacity, it is imperative that the court make a specific determination concerning the person’s capacity to understand the act of voting because, without clear guidance to voter registrars, citizens have been improperly disenfranchised, often without notice. If this resolution passes, the voters of Virginia would have an opportunity to voice their support or opposition at the ballot. We urge the Committee to vote in favor.

Voting is a fundamental right to choose. To choose life to choose liberty to choose property to choose happiness to choose what government means. Everyday PEOPLE are incarcerated at alarming rates for nonviolent crimes and suffer the consequences of felony convictions for things many do with a slap on the wrist and then never get to choose again. Lest we forget that people who commit crimes are still people I will say it again they are people at the end of the day. People who deserve rehabilitation. Because endless compassion can heal the worst wounds and tat includes crime. Especially since these people have to already go through leaps and bounds to get those rights back even trying to choose to participate in government and to choose stability becomes an undue burden on those citizens and people when they have served their time when they have been rehabilitated. As someone who has worked with many addicts who have been to jam or prison not one has gone so far that they couldn’t come back even those who have done heinous crimes I have seen rehabilitated themselves because someone showed them compassion enough for them to want it for themselves. No crime justifies a full revocation of your rights as a person not one crime. We aren’t asking for these people to be elected (even though some could argue that we literally have an elected felon as a president) or given special privileges they deserve their bare minimum privileges that have been revoked for no other reason than dehumanization. I ask that you advance and accept this bill to amend the Virginia constitution to include a restoration of voting rights to people who have previously been incarcerated. Thank you.

These 4 Amendments to the State Constitution do not reflect the values & will of the people of Virginia or God. Please vote against them all. Thank you!

The amendment does not take into account the nature of a person’s crime. It does not offer any consequences for persons convicted of a felony that never served timed in prison or served limited time in jail and/or prison and then are released on parole. It does not take into account whether or not fines or restitution has been paid. Please amend the bill to correct this

Please vote NO on Amendments 1, 2 ,3, 4 These do not uphold the values of our Country and State of Virginia. Sincerely, Cheryl Benedict

My husband and I are extremely concerned about proposed abortion bills and legislation. We have lived in this state for many years and never dreamed of these bills moving forward and are aghast at the thought of it. We are vehemently opposed to any such passage of abortion and whole heartedly in favor of preserving and protecting all life espeically of the most vulnerable unborn life that all science now admits. Please say "no" to such bills.

These amendments are of great concern to me

HJ1 Stop this amendment. It is simply permission to end the life of an unborn child who may one day change the world, become a mother or father, or be a person just like you are today, whose mother chose life for you over abortion. HJ2 Every person who has paid their debt to society deserves the right to vote for or against the people who make these life-changing decisions. If you do not allow ex-felons the right to vote, then stop taxing them. They should be permitted to vote for people who represent them as well.

Dear members of the general assembly, I’m a licensed professional counselor and counselor educator working and serving communities, particularly LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships, in Virginia for the past decade. I’m writing to you to share my story about my family. My wife and I started our relationship in 2018 and got married in 2019. We worked hard and deeply desired to build our family. In 2021, we began our family planning journey as an LGBTQ+ couple. In 2022, we welcomed our son who is the biggest gift life can give. Our ability to be married greatly helped us in achieving our dreams as my wife was able to adopt our son in 2023. We all deserve the right to marry and build families and communities that support one another. Protecting the right to marry for LGBTQ+ individuals is a human right. When the judge asked us if there was anything we wanted to share about the adoption order, all we could muster was how grateful we are for this opportunity. Please protect our right to marry and keep LGBTQ+ families whole. Thank you!

I am in support of these Bills as a Virginia resident and voter.

I strongly support HJ2, which restores voting rights for felons. People who have completed their sentence should automatically regain the right to vote. Virginia is out of step with the rest of the U.S. Having the right to vote gives people a stake in helping to make society better.

As an almost lifelong Virginian, I would like to express my full support for each of these proposed bills/amendments.

I am opposed to any all bill that make it easier to cheat in elections like these bills being presented. I am opposed to any and all bills that make same sex marriage acceptable. I am opposed to any and all bills that allow full term abortion and allow minors to have abortions with out the parents knowledge. I am opposed to any and all bills that would allow minors to undergo transgender surgery . I am opposed to any and all bills that will raise taxes while the politicians are trying to give themselves a 150% increase no that is not acceptable.

I am writing in opposition to HJ3. By separating ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in Virginia’s Constitution, this amendment embeds gender ideology into our highest legal document. Once the Constitution says Virginia cannot ‘discriminate’ based on ‘gender,’ courts will use this language to require women’s spaces to admit biological men, girls’ sports to include biological males, and any policy recognizing biological sex will be challenged as unconstitutional. Additionally, God established marriage in Genesis 2:24 as the covenant union of one man and one woman, affirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19:4-6. Virginia voters approved this definition 57% to 43% in 2006. Vote NO on HJ3.

I am writing in strong opposition to HJ1. Virginia currently requires three physicians’ approval for third-trimester abortions on fully-formed, viable babies, with health risks required to be ‘substantially and irremediably’ harmful. HJ1 reduces this to ONE physician’s opinion and removes the ‘substantially and irremediably’ standard entirely, replacing it with vague ‘mental health’ justification. This means fully viable babies can be aborted based on anxiety, stress, or depression, with no meaningful oversight. As a Christian who believes every human being is created in God’s image from conception (Genesis 1:27, Psalm 139:13-14), I cannot support enshrining the murder of innocent children in our constitution. Vote NO on HJ1. I am writing in opposition to HJ3. By separating ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in Virginia’s Constitution, this amendment embeds gender ideology into our highest legal document. Once the Constitution says Virginia cannot ‘discriminate’ based on ‘gender,’ courts will use this language to require women’s spaces to admit biological men, girls’ sports to include biological males, and any policy recognizing biological sex will be challenged as unconstitutional. Additionally, God established marriage in Genesis 2:24 as the covenant union of one man and one woman, affirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19:4-6. Virginia voters approved this definition 57% to 43% in 2006. Vote NO on HJ3.

In opposition to these bill that redefine Almighty God's.. Divine Created Order. Lord of heaven and earth..we oppose this ..opposition to You .. we stand for Your design. .. please intervene. We also oppose all legislation that "enshrine abortion" into our State constitution and does not value life.

I am writing in opposition to HJ3. By separating ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in Virginia’s Constitution, this amendment embeds gender ideology into our highest legal document. Once the Constitution says Virginia cannot ‘discriminate’ based on ‘gender,’ courts will use this language to require women’s spaces to admit biological men, girls’ sports to include biological males, and any policy recognizing biological sex will be challenged as unconstitutional. Additionally, God established marriage in Genesis 2:24 as the covenant union of one man and one woman, affirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19:4-6. Virginia voters approved this definition 57% to 43% in 2006. Vote NO on HJ3.

I am writing in opposition to HJ3. By separating ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in Virginia’s Constitution, this amendment embeds gender ideology into our highest legal document. Once the Constitution says Virginia cannot ‘discriminate’ based on ‘gender,’ courts will use this language to require women’s spaces to admit biological men, girls’ sports to include biological males, and any policy recognizing biological sex will be challenged as unconstitutional. Additionally, God established marriage in Genesis 2:24 as the covenant union of one man and one woman, affirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19:4-6. Virginia voters approved this definition 57% to 43% in 2006. Vote NO on HJ3.

I am writing in opposition to HJ3. By separating ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in Virginia’s Constitution, this amendment embeds gender ideology into our highest legal document. Once the Constitution says Virginia cannot ‘discriminate’ based on ‘gender,’ courts will use this language to require women’s spaces to admit biological men, girls’ sports to include biological males, and any policy recognizing biological sex will be challenged as unconstitutional. Additionally, God established marriage in Genesis 2:24 as the covenant union of one man and one woman, affirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19:4-6. Virginia voters approved this definition 57% to 43% in 2006. Vote NO on HJ3.

“I am writing in opposition to HJ3. I am strongly opposed to changing our laws to include the word gender. Marriage is not a human invention to be redefined by popular opinion. God established marriage in Genesis 2:24 as the covenant union of one man and one woman, and Jesus Himself affirmed this design in Matthew 19:4-6. By separating ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in the Constitution, HJ3 embeds gender ideology into Virginia’s highest legal document, creating a framework where biological reality can be denied throughout Virginia law. This opens the door to men accessing women’s spaces, males competing in women’s sports, and legal challenges to any sex-based distinction. The 2006 Marshall-Newman Amendment, approved by 57% of Virginia voters, should remain as a statement of principle affirming what God designed from the beginning. Vote NO on HJ3. Stand for God’s design of marriage.” Realize that this is an affront to God's Devine plan as He expressed more than once in His WORD.

I am writing in opposition to HJ3. Marriage is not a human invention to be redefined by popular opinion. God established marriage in Genesis 2:24 as the covenant union of one man and one woman, and Jesus Himself affirmed this design in Matthew 19:4-6. By separating ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in the Constitution, HJ3 embeds gender ideology into Virginia’s highest legal document, creating a framework where biological reality can be denied throughout Virginia law. This opens the door to men accessing women’s spaces, males competing in women’s sports, and legal challenges to any sex-based distinction. The 2006 Marshall-Newman Amendment, approved by 57% of Virginia voters, should remain as a statement of principle affirming what God designed from the beginning. Vote NO on HJ3. Stand for God’s design of marriage.”

HJ1, HJ3 These Proposed Amendments to the State Constitution neither reflect the values nor the will of the people of Virginia. Please vote against them. The intent of such amendments is not to the betterment of the Commonwealth. In fact, by reducing population by allowing babies to die gasping for breath and allowing same sex marriages is reducing growth of families. This is not protection, but desicreation of life. This will mean a smaller population for all next generations, resulting in fewer and fewer people, fewer tax payors as well. These amendments are not beneficial to life for our state, Thank you!

Abortion and Homosexual marriages: two things that are profoundly wrong when we look at it through the lens of a Biblical worldview. I believe the end goal of both of these issues should be profoundly abolished and taken away from our human society since, whether we refuse to believe it or not, both of these issues cause problems later on in life. According to the First Concern Pregnancy Resource Center and the 1995-2009 British Journal of Psychiatry from Cambridge University, after getting an abortion, women experience an 81% increase in mental health problems and 90% of men consider this to also be the most stressful day of their lives. Not to mention, there was also an increase of risk in alcohol misuse, anxiety, depression, marijuana use, and suicide (Coleman, 2011). There’s no better way to cause murder and depopulation than this, and as murder is operationally defined as, from Oxford languages, “the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another”, we’re essentially and openly taking a life. This applies to all stages of development, and we should be concerned about each one. Abortion is no different than openly taking the life of an innocent adult, unless we’re so twisted to believe that is correct as well. Here’s what I will say: in regards to the Bible, which is 100% true, taking the life of a person directly goes against the command of God (Exodus 20:13) who not only told us to love others (John 13:34-35) but to also be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:28). Notice how also, in the beginning, God states that He created male and female, not male and male (Genesis 1:27). On a side note, yes, there are only two genders in this world, and in Genesis 2:24 this verse explains the significance of marriage in accordance to Him. God did not state that a man should leave His father and mother to be joined in flesh to another guy, saying that the two shall become one but it’s the man and wife that become one flesh. Anything other than this kind of marriage is perverted, wrong, and invokes the wrath of God. If we truly want to live and thrive in His Creation and make this world a better place, we need to cut it off. With all of this in mind, we should also know that abortion will eventually lead our nation downhill, creating more unemployment as the population goes down and more companies that will shut down due to this employment. Eventually, all of us will die since our supply chain of what we need is cutter off entirely. America, do we really think it’s a right and correct move to allow these things to take precedence in our nation? If so, I’m ashamed of this country that I lived in for 20 years of my life. Take action and choose life!

There should not be any restrictions on military to exercise their right to vote as they are the ones who defend our rights. There is a fundamental right to life. See TCCAA cover story May-June 2022 regarding murder charge in case of death of 5 week old fetus, and 1970 Keeler vs Superior Court. The law never meant for marriage to be for same sex. It had always been meant for opposite sex.

Has no one learned a thing from 2025 elections? If abortion was murder why is it popular in not only blue and swing states but also Missouri and Montana? And if you’re anti-murder why aren’t you calling out Jonathan Ross? The video proves Trump completely wrong! And regarding marriage, if you don’t like same gender relationships, don’t get in one! It’s that simple! And for redistricting, look, I didn’t want us to have to do this. But it’s the only way to counter Texas and potentially Florida and Indiana and their attempts to make dictators invincible. It HAS to be passed. Or America dies. Assuming it didn’t already.

Dear Chairman and Members of the House Committee, I strongly urge you to vote no to allowing the following four Virginia constitutional amendments to be voted on in a referendum: HJ1, HJ2, HJ3, and HJ4. HJ1 overrides current and future Virginia statues. Because it applies to every individual, it undermines parental rights which endangers minors. It opens the door to guaranteeing minors the right to sexual experimentation, again undermining parental rights. It also implies that parental consent can be nullified as discriminatory if in conflict with supposed reproductive freedom of minors. Parental rights are a God-given U.S. Constitutional Right in the Fourteenth Amentment and upheld by the Supreme Court. HJ1 takes away the state's ability to limit abortions up until birth, punishes medical staff who have conscientious or religious objections to abortion, and puts women's health at risk by adopting abortion industry standards. HJ1 destroys unborn babies rights. They, like all of us, have a God-given right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" as the Declaration of Independence states. HJ2 allows unrepentant felons to vote. It puts the integrity of our elections at risk by allowing irresponsible people to vote who by their actions gave up their right to vote. HJ3 removes the true Biblical foundational meaning of marriage between one man and one woman as defined by God which when rejected endangers the building blocks of stable communities. The new definition between any two adults could easily be changed to minors and multiple adults in the future because it is not based on truth. HJ3 does not allow for conscientious or religious objections by clergy, religious organizations, businesses, or others. It forces gender ideology on everyone regardless of biological reality and danger to women in sports and day to day life. HJ4 would effectively destroy the two-party system in Virginia almost entirely ensuring that the party in power would stay in power indefinitely. It gives lawmakers from one party the power to choose their voters which undermines fair elections. These four amendments collectively spell disaster to the way of life our founders desired to preserve in the Virginia Constitution as a Godly heritage for us and all future generations. They steal rights and freedom guaranteed to us as U.S. and Virginia citizens. Hold to fast to the values that made Virginia and America great. Vote against these amendments!

I am totally against the Marriage amendment. It is unbiblical and destructive to society. Anyone who has ever read any history should know that when you remove the moral fiber of a nation based on the Bible it always collapses. Marriage is not about personal happiness, but about love and commitment. "Love your wife as Christ loves the church and gave himself for it." It mentions gender as different than sex which opens the door to all the foolishness we have been experiencing that is trying to deny biological reality. I threatens pastors who cannot consent to perform marriages that are against their religious beliefs.

I believe everyone deserves the right to their own reproductive freedoms. No country or state should have the right to dictate decisions a woman makes about her own body or life. As someone in a same sex marriage protection by my state is more important than every before since the supreme court recently brought up for review Obergefell v Hodges. Even though they decided not to overturn it, it could still come for review again. Protection not only for those in the marriage but children of same sex parents is important to protect

1) Let women control their own bodies however they need to and stay out of it. 2) I support same sex marriage for legal reasons. Benefits of being married include finically and medically.

Vote to protect human rights and equality for all in our democracy. Yes, on HJ3

The comments I am about to make reflect how reenergized I am about constitutional rights after a recent visit to Montpelier. VA is poised in a special way given our history during the formation of the country to be even more at home with the Federalist Papers, the Bill of Rights, Constitution,and the Declaration of Independence, with so much written here. I truly believe that Virginia can help lead our whole nation to heal divides and ensure the individual freedoms we have been lucky to have(or gain). 1. Please support HJ1. Laws that disproportionately remove the agency of women but not men, reflect the idea of people not being created equal, but that women are created less than and need the government to make their decision decisions for them. Separation of church and state is critical to a free nation that will stay free. Especially during times of economic hardship and limited access to healthcare and health insurance for so many Americans, and with a massive amount of chronic illness often disabling, the lives of our families in Virginia are very complicated now. The only way to safeguard the freedom of women as a president is to full-throatedly support they're absolute autonomy through every step of the way . On a personal note, I have a cousin who required 4 transfusions after an ectopic pregnancy gone wrong and she very nearly died at an age way too young. She was an OR nurse who helped save the lives of countless people. Much of the legislation being drafted does not even consider children left behind if anything happens to their mom in the case of horrible medical problems. Mothers have died in states that failed to protect their medical rights. it is terrifying to see women and drs hamstrung and or persecuted during the hardest times of their lives.. . HJ3. Please vote in favor of HJ3. Again, we are at a critical juncture with protecting the life, liberty, and happiness of so many Virginians. There is no one who is forced to have a same-sex marriage if they do not wish to be in one. Freedom of religion is critical to a healthy democracy. Standing up for the freedom of people, whether or not you agree with their choices, to marry another consenting adult should not be a partisan issue. It reflects the most basic freedom one could have. On a personal level, I am in a marriage that would be protected, a marriage that my entire conservative family came out to celebrate with me. It has never caused harm to anyone, and was one of the most joyful things that happened with our family in years. I have a wife who will support my decisions to help take care of my aging parents and is very much loved by everyone. This legislation is highly politicized and does not reflect even most conservative views and is very partisan in nature. If you get out and talk to people who are not extremists. Virginia is a purple state and this reflects are purple views. HJ4. Please vote yes. I hope the future will bring bipartisan reform to stop redistricting that disenfranchises constituents. This seems like a way to balance the scale back , but more and more it seems like the popular vote may be something to consider. We are people not pawns and this is a short term fix that I hope you will vote yes to. Thank you for your consideration. Please vote yes to all.

Oppose all 4 amendments. The General Assembly scheme to shove these amendments through and rush them to the ballot in a Special Election in April reveals how little the Democrat majority actually want to do what is right for Virginia. Every Virginian should take note of the slimy tactics utilized to get these amendments to the new Governor today. There is no reason these amendments could not wait until November, except those who push ideology over governance have been granted the gift of power. So much for "NO KINGS".

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. A founding principle along with the right to religious freedom. These freedoms also encompass the legal right for people to marry. However, some believe that this right should only apply to cisgender women and men, such as Virginia leaders twenty years ago. I disagree with this belief, and consider its backing as a fallacy on the principles of this nation. Gay men and women are seeking to become married in institutions of their choosing. They are choosing churches and courthouses that are accepting of their right to marry. Notwithstanding the freedom for one to refuse to facilitate a wedding, this freedom is threatened by blocking all people from ever marrying same-sex individuals. Let all consenting individuals have the freedom to be married! May misinformation on this topic finally be put to rest in Virginia.

Hello, I’m writing in support of HJ3, the amendment that would finally remove the old ban on same-sex marriage from Virginia’s constitution and make it clear that two adults have the right to marry here. My husband and I moved our family to Virginia from Tennessee because we needed to feel safe. The political climate back home made it harder and harder for families like mine to imagine a stable future. We came to Richmond because Virginia felt different — more welcoming, more level-headed, and more committed to letting people live their lives without fear. Since moving here, we’ve put down real roots. We purchased a home, opened a small community-focused business, we’ve built connections, and we’ve tried to give back to the city that gave us a sense of belonging. We are currently in process of opening a 2nd location here in Virginia in Henrico County. I want to keep raising my family in a Virginia that moves forward, not backward — and that means making sure our rights aren’t dependent on whatever happens federally, or on who sits on the U.S. Supreme Court five or ten years from now. Even though marriage equality is currently protected nationwide, the outdated ban is still sitting inside Virginia’s constitution. It doesn’t reflect who we are anymore, and it makes thousands of families — mine included — feel like our rights could disappear with one court ruling. Passing HJ3 is a simple way to make sure Virginia’s constitution matches Virginia’s values. I love this state. I love the community my family has found here. And I want to know that the life we’ve built is protected. I hope you’ll support HJ3 and help keep Virginia a place where all families are valued. Thank you for your time. Matt and Nafis Narsinghani

I am writing in strong opposition to HJ3. THE ISSUE: "SEX" VS. "GENDER" SEPARATION. Most Virginians assume HJ3 is simply about same-sex marriage. But look at the actual language: "shall not deny the issuance of a marriage license to two adult persons on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of such persons." Why use BOTH "sex" AND "gender" if they mean the same thing? Because they don't. This amendment SEPARATES these terms for the first time in Virginia's Constitution, creating two distinct legal categories: • "Sex" = biological reality (male/female) • "Gender" = subjective self-identification THIS IS A TROJAN HORSE. By distinguishing "sex" from "gender," HJ3 embeds gender ideology into our highest legal document. Once the Constitution says Virginia cannot "discriminate" based on "gender," courts will use this language far beyond marriage licenses. REAL-WORLD CONSEQUENCES FOR VIRGINIANS: • Your daughter's sports team competing against biological males who identify as female • Women's locker rooms and shelters legally required to admit biological men • Girls' sports scholarships going to biological males • Private businesses sued for recognizing biological sex over gender identity MOST AMERICANS OPPOSE THIS. Polling shows 69% oppose biological males in women's sports. 67% believe there are only two genders. Virginians think they're voting on "marriage equality" when they're actually embedding radical gender ideology throughout Virginia law. IN 2006, 57% OF VIRGINIA VOTERS approved the Marshall-Newman Amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman. Now the General Assembly is replacing it with language that separates "sex" and "gender." This wasn't necessary for same-sex marriage (already legal). This is about embedding gender ideology. THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM: The Framers understood government protects natural rights rooted in biological reality. Marriage between man and woman uniquely produces children. Every child has a biological mother and father. Separating "sex" from "gender" in our Constitution denies biology itself. THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PROBLEM: HJ3 allows clergy to refuse marriages but says nothing about Virginia business owners—bakers, florists, photographers, adoption agencies—who will face lawsuits for operating by their beliefs. Other states bankrupted religious business owners through litigation. GOD'S DESIGN MATTERS: Genesis 2:24: "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife." Jesus affirmed this in Matthew 19:4-6: "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female?" Marriage was established by God as one man and one woman—predating any government. THE PRECEDENT: Roe v. Wade stood 49 years before Dobbs reversed it. Justice Thomas stated Obergefell should be reconsidered. HJ3 PERMANENTLY LOCKS IN gender ideology, ensuring even if the Supreme Court reverses, Virginia cannot return to biological reality. DON'T BE FOOLED. This is sold as "marriage equality" but actually inserts gender ideology into our Constitution. The sex/gender split will force policies most Virginians oppose. VOTE NO on HJ3. Protect women's sports, women's spaces, parental rights, religious freedom, biological reality, and Virginia families. Respectfully submitted, Jeff Bayard, Content Manager Virginia Christian Alliance

Felony disenfranchisement has been a stain on our Constitution since 1902. This amendment will allow individuals to automatically reinstate their right to vote upon release from incarceration. This amendment guarantees that ALL Virginians can participate in the democratic process that governs them.

I am bragging someone to hear my voice. I understand everyone has a different opinion. I am asking that you do not pass the Abortion without safeguards. If we continue down this dangerous path we will not have a country. We need to have babies to sustain to life here in the US, as we all were once a born baby of someone. Think about if your mother had aborted you! I asking to stop the Gerrymandering bill as it will keep voices from being heard from both sides. I am asking you not to pass the bill for unrepentant felons. Those people need to earn their way back into our society. Think about if they committed a crime against someone in your family that you love. How would you feel about a felon then? I am asking this in the name of Jesus.........

I write in strong support for HJ3 and any consenting adults’ right to marry.

Please vote NO on all 4 of these bills. HJ1: We should value ALL life whether it is inside the womb or outside the womb. Who is standing up for the rights of the unborn? Just because a person is in the womb doesn't mean they aren't important. Let's not prioritize the rights of the mother over the rights of the unborn in her womb. Let us be a state of LIFE, not death. Over 1 MILLION abortions were performed last year. That is a lot of potential lives lost. HJ2: Restoration of a person's rights is important; however, it shouldn't be automatic. If we are going to restore some rights automatically, shouldn't we restore them all. Like their Second Amendment Rights too? HJ3: Marriage should be between a man and a woman. Call it something else if you want to comply with the Supreme Court decision. HJ4: The political districts in a state should be drawn by those who would not benefit from them. Regardless of your political affiliation, politicians should not be setting the political districts in the state. Districts should be drawn in the most non-partial way as possible. Politicians drawing the political districts is like having the embezzler in charge of the financial audit, not good. Just because other states are doing this, it doesn't mean we have to do it in Virginia. We can be better. Again, I urge everyone to vote no on these 4 pieces of legislation. Garret

Please vote no on this bill. If someone wants to marry someone of the same sex, a priest or pastor should not be forced to marry them. Someone who wants to marry a partner of the same sex wants their views respected, yet when it comes to respecting the views of those that do not want to marry them, these same people condemn them. Just because a person believes in marriage between a man and a woman does not mean they hate those seeking that type of relationship. Instead it means they understand that in nature, children can only be conceived through man and woman. This fundamental truth is needed to preserve mankind. A pastor or a priest has the right to their opinion just like a person that wants to marry the same sex partner has.

Please vote no on this bill. If someone wants to marry someone of the same sex, a priest or pastor should not be forced to marry them. Someone who wants to marry a partner of the same sex wants their views respected, yet when it comes to respecting the views of those that do not want to marry them, these same people condemn them. Just because a person believes in marriage between a man and a woman does not mean they hate those seeking that type of relationship. Instead it means they understand that in nature, children can only be conceived through man and woman. This fundamental truth is needed to preserve mankind. A pastor or a priest has the right to their opinion just like a person that wants to marry the same sex partner has.

Richmond is home to many queer gay and bisexual individuals who come here for school, work, or have grown up here. This city is a community of gay and queer allies and this state has a keen interest in protecting those individuals rights to marry. For the taxes you impose on us all to fund our communities to the human capital that runs your bars, restaraunts, companies, organizations and developments the lgbtq community makes up more of the Virginia citizenry than you might think and we do it with smiles on our faces and love in our hearts even though many of those speaking today would want us burned at the stake. Please advance and accept this bill for amending the Virginia constitution so that we the people can decide for ourselves who we love and how we love. Thank you.

These 4 Amendments to the State Constitution do not reflect the values & will of the people of Virginia or God. Please vote against them all. Thank you!

It is currently legal for two consenting adults of the same sex to marry in Virginia. There is no exemption or protection for Churches to abstain from performing same sex marriages. Churches requested to perform these ceremonies may be sued incuring the legal costs of taking this challenge to the Supreme Court of the United States. The case involving a couple in Colorado that refused to bake a cake went to the Supreme Court twice. What do you think will happen in Virginia? Please amend the bill or Vote NO!

I ask you to vote NO on HJ1. I strongly oppose any abortion Please vote NO to HJ3. Right to marry should be for one man to one woman.

Please vote NO on Amendments 1, 2 ,3, 4 These do not uphold the values of our Country and State of Virginia. Sincerely, Cheryl Benedict

Comments Document

My name is Carol Schall and I am a resident of Chesterfield County. My wife, Mary Townley, and I were plaintiffs in Bostic v Rainey, the Marriage Equality case that was resolved by the Supreme Court denying Certiorari letting the 4th Fourth Circuit decision stand. That decision found Virginia’s constitutional amendment defining marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th amendment of the United States Constitution. This bill will result in the repeal of the previous unconstitutional amendment and align Virginia with the right side of history. Mary and I entered the legal fight for Marriage Equality in 2013, our personal fight for marriage equality began when our now 27 year old daughter, Emily, was born. We decided that, regardless of Virginia’s lack of legal recognition, we were her family and would always present ourselves as both her moms. Names matter. Names like “mom” and “wife” make all the difference in the world. That is what we won: the simple and profound right to legally call each other family. The legal protections provided to married couples is significant and we celebrate our marriage every day. After 40 years of being together as a couple, our marriage is second only to parenting our daughter Emily. We humbly ask the general assembly to allow our Virginia Constitution to recognize what is our truth for 40 years now. Our marriage is sacred. We only ask for the state to recognize that. As I close, I quote from the text of Judge Arenda Wright Allen’s decision from the Eastern District Court of Appeals in Virginia. She wrote, “We have arrived upon another moment in history when We the People becomes more inclusive, and our freedom more perfect… The men and women, and the children too, whose voices join in noble harmony with Plaintiffs today, ask for fairness, and fairness only.” This committee can also make a bold statement for fairness and further remove the stain of prejudice by moving this important bill forward to the full general assembly. Thank you.

My husband and I are extremely concerned about proposed abortion bills and legislation. We have lived in this state for many years and never dreamed of these bills moving forward and are aghast at the thought of it. We are vehemently opposed to any such passage of abortion and whole heartedly in favor of preserving and protecting all life espeically of the most vulnerable unborn life that all science now admits. Please say "no" to such bills.

To the House Privileges and Elections Committee, I ask the committee to please consider what is being done to the unborn babies if this amendment passes. The most innocent of our society will be burned alive, ripped apart, and/ or have their brains sucked out. Please please put this on your heart as you cast your vote today. You may believe in a women's "right to reproduction", but please remember, when you cast your vote today, this is what you are voting for with regards to the unborn children. May God have mercy on us. Thank you, Peter DiNardo 757-285-8037

These amendments are of great concern to me

Dear members of the general assembly, I’m a licensed professional counselor and counselor educator working and serving communities, particularly LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships, in Virginia for the past decade. I’m writing to you to share my story about my family. My wife and I started our relationship in 2018 and got married in 2019. We worked hard and deeply desired to build our family. In 2021, we began our family planning journey as an LGBTQ+ couple. In 2022, we welcomed our son who is the biggest gift life can give. Our ability to be married greatly helped us in achieving our dreams as my wife was able to adopt our son in 2023. We all deserve the right to marry and build families and communities that support one another. Protecting the right to marry for LGBTQ+ individuals is a human right. When the judge asked us if there was anything we wanted to share about the adoption order, all we could muster was how grateful we are for this opportunity. Please protect our right to marry and keep LGBTQ+ families whole. Thank you!

I am in support of these Bills as a Virginia resident and voter.

I strongly support HJ3. This amendment would repeal the ban on same-sex marriage and affirm the lawful and equal status of adults' marriages, regardless of sex, gender, or race. David Popenoe, a conservative and an authority on the benefits of marriage, supports same-sex marriage. He makes a strong case that society benefits from stable families. Marriage, regardless of spouses' sex, promotes family stability. Individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation, should have equal rights, including the right to marry.

As an almost lifelong Virginian, I would like to express my full support for each of these proposed bills/amendments.

I am a member of Equality UUCA which is a part of the 650-member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. Our focus is to represent LGBTQIA+ matters from the perspective of our faith. We urge repeal of the existing marriage amendment to the Constitution prohibiting marriage between same sex couples to be replaced by the proposed affirmative right to marriage. Please vote yes on HJ3. A guiding principle and value of our Unitarian Universalist faith is to affirm the inherent worthiness and dignity of all people. Marriage equality in effect for a decade has proven the wisdom of our principle. Marriage equality is good for families and good for the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth can ill afford to take the risk of losing the many benefits of same sex marriage by an ill-considered future federal court decision. The time is now to remove this cruel anachronism from the Virginia Constitution, to recognize the clear will of the people of Virginia, and to affirm the thousands of same sex marriages that already exist and those that will exist in the future.

I urge repeal of the existing marriage amendment to the Constitution prohibiting marriage between same sex couples to be replaced by the proposed affirmative right to marriage. Please vote yes on HJ3. Marriage equality is good for families and good for the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth can ill afford to take the risk of losing the many benefits of same sex marriage by an ill-considered future federal court decision. The time is now to remove this cruel anachronism from the Virginia Constitution, to recognize the clear will of the people of Virginia, and to affirm the thousands of same sex marriages that already exist and those that will exist in the future. Thank you. Carol Lewis

My husband and I have been together as a same sex couple for 40 years, the last 12 of which have been under a legal marriage performed in Maryland before Virginia would do so. My husband is a lifelong Virginia resident, as was his mother, and I have been a Virginia resident since beginning my attendance at the University of Virginia more than 50 years ago. Our quality of life was immeasurably improved from the day we could become legally united. Respect, worthiness, and dignity are important life values that legal marriage affirms. We lived through the horror of the Marshall Newman amendment's denial of our humanity and existence. Friends urged us to leave the Commonwealth to establish residence and pay taxes in a place that respected us. We held faith that our home state would eventually do the right thing and continue to hold hope that the Commonwealth will remove this remaining legal uncertainty for us. Please vote yes to advance HJ3 to a referendum.

I represent Equality UUCA which is a part of the 650-member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. Our focus is to represent LGBTQIA+ matters from the perspective of our faith. We urge repeal of the existing marriage amendment to the Constitution prohibiting marriage between same sex couples to be replaced by the proposed affirmative right to marriage. Please vote yes on HJ3. A guiding principle and value of our Unitarian Universalist faith is to affirm the inherent worthiness and dignity of all people. Marriage equality in effect for a decade has proven the wisdom of our principle. Marriage equality is good for families and good for the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth can ill afford to take the risk of losing the many benefits of same sex marriage by an ill considered future federal court decision. The time is now to remove this cruel anachronism from the Virginia Constitution, to recognize the clear will of the people of Virginia, and to affirm the thousands of same sex marriages that already exist and those that will exist in the future.

I am opposed to any all bill that make it easier to cheat in elections like these bills being presented. I am opposed to any and all bills that make same sex marriage acceptable. I am opposed to any and all bills that allow full term abortion and allow minors to have abortions with out the parents knowledge. I am opposed to any and all bills that would allow minors to undergo transgender surgery . I am opposed to any and all bills that will raise taxes while the politicians are trying to give themselves a 150% increase no that is not acceptable.

HJ1, HJ3 These Proposed Amendments to the State Constitution neither reflect the values nor the will of the people of Virginia. Please vote against them. The intent of such amendments is not to the betterment of the Commonwealth. In fact, by reducing population by allowing babies to die gasping for breath and allowing same sex marriages is reducing growth of families. This is not protection, but desicreation of life. This will mean a smaller population for all next generations, resulting in fewer and fewer people, fewer tax payors as well. These amendments are not beneficial to life for our state, Thank you!

The act of bending the rules of election for partisan advantage is far from new in the United States: for years since before the Civil War, states have elected entire slates of Representatives to the House of Representatives in Congress for explicit partisan advantage. While current regulations dictate electing Representatives from single-member districts, the Gerrymandering Wars are still reminiscent of the same tactics used across partisan affiliations - even with Presidential encouragement. What appears to be novel for us here in Virginia is how the gerrymandering tactic is being pushed through this time around. I cannot recall any moment before in the Commonwealth's long history of the Constitutional Amendment process being truncated from what is normally a two-year long, deliberative process - with ample time for residents and voters to consider the full scope of a proposal's consequences - down to no greater than six months. I worry that the precedent being set may open a can of wormy amendments - which could be more permanent in their application to our lives here in Virginia - being passed with great haste in a flurry of popular passion, only for those who supported the changes to experience buyer's remorse and endure a more grueling struggle to undo the damage they initially endorsed with elevated emotions. At the end of the day, I cannot help but forgive all those who stand and support the mid-decade redistricting efforts here in Virginia. I am certainly not blind to the circumstances we face here in the country and recognize how dire our political situation appears in this moment in American history. At the same time, I will not forgive myself if I do not to everything I can to stop this amendment in particular from passing and setting a terrible precedent - not least of which by voting against it come springtime and persuading my friends and family to do the same.

Has no one learned a thing from 2025 elections? If abortion was murder why is it popular in not only blue and swing states but also Missouri and Montana? And if you’re anti-murder why aren’t you calling out Jonathan Ross? The video proves Trump completely wrong! And regarding marriage, if you don’t like same gender relationships, don’t get in one! It’s that simple! And for redistricting, look, I didn’t want us to have to do this. But it’s the only way to counter Texas and potentially Florida and Indiana and their attempts to make dictators invincible. It HAS to be passed. Or America dies. Assuming it didn’t already.

Dear Chairman and Members of the House Committee, I strongly urge you to vote no to allowing the following four Virginia constitutional amendments to be voted on in a referendum: HJ1, HJ2, HJ3, and HJ4. HJ1 overrides current and future Virginia statues. Because it applies to every individual, it undermines parental rights which endangers minors. It opens the door to guaranteeing minors the right to sexual experimentation, again undermining parental rights. It also implies that parental consent can be nullified as discriminatory if in conflict with supposed reproductive freedom of minors. Parental rights are a God-given U.S. Constitutional Right in the Fourteenth Amentment and upheld by the Supreme Court. HJ1 takes away the state's ability to limit abortions up until birth, punishes medical staff who have conscientious or religious objections to abortion, and puts women's health at risk by adopting abortion industry standards. HJ1 destroys unborn babies rights. They, like all of us, have a God-given right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" as the Declaration of Independence states. HJ2 allows unrepentant felons to vote. It puts the integrity of our elections at risk by allowing irresponsible people to vote who by their actions gave up their right to vote. HJ3 removes the true Biblical foundational meaning of marriage between one man and one woman as defined by God which when rejected endangers the building blocks of stable communities. The new definition between any two adults could easily be changed to minors and multiple adults in the future because it is not based on truth. HJ3 does not allow for conscientious or religious objections by clergy, religious organizations, businesses, or others. It forces gender ideology on everyone regardless of biological reality and danger to women in sports and day to day life. HJ4 would effectively destroy the two-party system in Virginia almost entirely ensuring that the party in power would stay in power indefinitely. It gives lawmakers from one party the power to choose their voters which undermines fair elections. These four amendments collectively spell disaster to the way of life our founders desired to preserve in the Virginia Constitution as a Godly heritage for us and all future generations. They steal rights and freedom guaranteed to us as U.S. and Virginia citizens. Hold to fast to the values that made Virginia and America great. Vote against these amendments!

I am opposed to this totally unconstitutional amendment. It eliminates the possibility of a fair election and allows corrupt politicians to redraw lines to keep their seats. Wake up! Two thirds of Virginia already said they don't want this. This is nothing less than a step closer to tyranny in the Commonwealth. Don't forget the Virginia motto!

Keep the extremists from taking over Virginia. Vote YES on the redistricting bill HJ4

The comments I am about to make reflect how reenergized I am about constitutional rights after a recent visit to Montpelier. VA is poised in a special way given our history during the formation of the country to be even more at home with the Federalist Papers, the Bill of Rights, Constitution,and the Declaration of Independence, with so much written here. I truly believe that Virginia can help lead our whole nation to heal divides and ensure the individual freedoms we have been lucky to have(or gain). 1. Please support HJ1. Laws that disproportionately remove the agency of women but not men, reflect the idea of people not being created equal, but that women are created less than and need the government to make their decision decisions for them. Separation of church and state is critical to a free nation that will stay free. Especially during times of economic hardship and limited access to healthcare and health insurance for so many Americans, and with a massive amount of chronic illness often disabling, the lives of our families in Virginia are very complicated now. The only way to safeguard the freedom of women as a president is to full-throatedly support they're absolute autonomy through every step of the way . On a personal note, I have a cousin who required 4 transfusions after an ectopic pregnancy gone wrong and she very nearly died at an age way too young. She was an OR nurse who helped save the lives of countless people. Much of the legislation being drafted does not even consider children left behind if anything happens to their mom in the case of horrible medical problems. Mothers have died in states that failed to protect their medical rights. it is terrifying to see women and drs hamstrung and or persecuted during the hardest times of their lives.. . HJ3. Please vote in favor of HJ3. Again, we are at a critical juncture with protecting the life, liberty, and happiness of so many Virginians. There is no one who is forced to have a same-sex marriage if they do not wish to be in one. Freedom of religion is critical to a healthy democracy. Standing up for the freedom of people, whether or not you agree with their choices, to marry another consenting adult should not be a partisan issue. It reflects the most basic freedom one could have. On a personal level, I am in a marriage that would be protected, a marriage that my entire conservative family came out to celebrate with me. It has never caused harm to anyone, and was one of the most joyful things that happened with our family in years. I have a wife who will support my decisions to help take care of my aging parents and is very much loved by everyone. This legislation is highly politicized and does not reflect even most conservative views and is very partisan in nature. If you get out and talk to people who are not extremists. Virginia is a purple state and this reflects are purple views. HJ4. Please vote yes. I hope the future will bring bipartisan reform to stop redistricting that disenfranchises constituents. This seems like a way to balance the scale back , but more and more it seems like the popular vote may be something to consider. We are people not pawns and this is a short term fix that I hope you will vote yes to. Thank you for your consideration. Please vote yes to all.

Oppose all 4 amendments. The General Assembly scheme to shove these amendments through and rush them to the ballot in a Special Election in April reveals how little the Democrat majority actually want to do what is right for Virginia. Every Virginian should take note of the slimy tactics utilized to get these amendments to the new Governor today. There is no reason these amendments could not wait until November, except those who push ideology over governance have been granted the gift of power. So much for "NO KINGS".

Felony disenfranchisement has been a stain on our Constitution since 1902. This amendment will allow individuals to automatically reinstate their right to vote upon release from incarceration. This amendment guarantees that ALL Virginians can participate in the democratic process that governs them.

I am bragging someone to hear my voice. I understand everyone has a different opinion. I am asking that you do not pass the Abortion without safeguards. If we continue down this dangerous path we will not have a country. We need to have babies to sustain to life here in the US, as we all were once a born baby of someone. Think about if your mother had aborted you! I asking to stop the Gerrymandering bill as it will keep voices from being heard from both sides. I am asking you not to pass the bill for unrepentant felons. Those people need to earn their way back into our society. Think about if they committed a crime against someone in your family that you love. How would you feel about a felon then? I am asking this in the name of Jesus.........

Chair and Members of the Committee, My name is Sarang Aliani, and I am a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia. I respectfully submit this written testimony in opposition to HJ4, the proposed constitutional amendment that would allow modification of congressional district maps outside the standard decennial redistricting process. Virginia has long been a politically balanced and competitive state. For decades, control of state and federal offices has shifted naturally between parties, reflecting the will of voters across diverse regions of the Commonwealth. This balance has encouraged accountability, moderation, and public trust in our electoral system. Virginia is made up of many communities—Northern Virginia, Richmond, Hampton Roads, rural localities, and Appalachian regions. A fair and predictable redistricting process ensures that all Virginians have an equal voice, regardless of political affiliation or geography. Allowing mid-decade redistricting risks upsetting that balance by enabling one political majority to redraw maps for short-term advantage, thereby diminishing the representation of others. Redistricting has traditionally occurred once per decade, following the U.S. Census. This predictable cycle promotes stability, transparency, and fairness. Altering congressional maps mid-cycle invites partisan retaliation, legal challenges, and public cynicism, and risks turning elections into contests decided by map changes rather than voters. This concern is not partisan. If one party can change the rules mid-game today, another will do the same tomorrow. That cycle benefits no one and ultimately weakens confidence in our democratic institutions. The Virginia Constitution should protect long-standing principles of fairness and equal representation, not create new avenues for political division. Changes to the rules governing representation should be rare, carefully considered, and broadly supported by Virginians across the political spectrum. For these reasons, I respectfully urge the General Assembly to reject HJ4 and preserve a redistricting process that is fair, stable, bipartisan, and worthy of public trust. Thank you for the opportunity to submit this testimony

I pray that you understand the evil of cementing this into our constitution. I know that our culture has placed convince of a women over the life of the unborn, but that just means we have a duty to protect the most vulnerable among us. I do not expect that our state will outlaw abortion, but allowing it to happen up to the moment of birth just seems like an unnecessary step. I pray that your heart will see this is the truth. As for HJ4, please understand that you are seeking to undo the will of the people in this change. Our citizens already voted to ensure that districts are made in a fair and independent manner. Our state stands alone from another, and changing our districts in a manner to try and win a national election is an evil power grab. The lasting effect on Virginia citizens is robbing them of their voice.

Please vote NO on all 4 of these bills. HJ1: We should value ALL life whether it is inside the womb or outside the womb. Who is standing up for the rights of the unborn? Just because a person is in the womb doesn't mean they aren't important. Let's not prioritize the rights of the mother over the rights of the unborn in her womb. Let us be a state of LIFE, not death. Over 1 MILLION abortions were performed last year. That is a lot of potential lives lost. HJ2: Restoration of a person's rights is important; however, it shouldn't be automatic. If we are going to restore some rights automatically, shouldn't we restore them all. Like their Second Amendment Rights too? HJ3: Marriage should be between a man and a woman. Call it something else if you want to comply with the Supreme Court decision. HJ4: The political districts in a state should be drawn by those who would not benefit from them. Regardless of your political affiliation, politicians should not be setting the political districts in the state. Districts should be drawn in the most non-partial way as possible. Politicians drawing the political districts is like having the embezzler in charge of the financial audit, not good. Just because other states are doing this, it doesn't mean we have to do it in Virginia. We can be better. Again, I urge everyone to vote no on these 4 pieces of legislation. Garret

These 4 Amendments to the State Constitution do not reflect the values & will of the people of Virginia or God. Please vote against them all. Thank you!

Please cease and desist with this proposal. It is blatantly obvious, from the speed at which this is being pushed to the committee and vote that the Democrat heavy legislature is trying to wrest back control and "deform" Virginia through politics. Politicians have no right to decide who votes in what districts because you are all biased. I believe it was pushed through a few years back to stop "the other side" being able to do it and now you have control, you want to change the rules again. This does not benefit Virginians at all, only politicians on one side. It is clear the agenda of this new legislature is to keep Virgina politically one way and make it nigh on impossible to allow large swathes of Virginia to change the political landscape and be ruled by small geographic areas that have large population density and deny the ability for the majority of the state to change things.

In 2020, Virginia voted to amend the Virginia Constitution to have electoral district lines drawn by a bipartisan committee. This legislation was approved by an overwhelming majority of the voters. It passed by a margin of greater than one million votes. Vote NO the General Assembly should be allowed to rig elections. Vote NO!

Please vote NO on Amendments 1, 2 ,3, 4 These do not uphold the values of our Country and State of Virginia. Sincerely, Cheryl Benedict

I am writing in regards to the abortion bill. Abortion is not a constitutional right. The organism inside of the womb is a developing human with its own nervous system, brain, heart, and soul. As with any living thing, it needs time to grow. We as fully formed humans should not be making the determination as to who and what is worthy of life. Please don't make thr mistake of being responsible for so many potential mothers believing that their baby is only a "parasite" or "clump of cells" because they didnt take the proper precautions to avoid a pregnancy. The baby shouldnt have to suffer for that. If anything, adoption would be a better choice, this way both the mother and baby can be okay. Therr are always risks with pregnancy of course but again, the mother and the father are responsible for creating a baby and the baby should not be in the crossfire of being ripped out of the womb to die.

These amendments are of great concern to me

Dear members of the general assembly, I’m a licensed professional counselor and counselor educator working and serving communities, particularly LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships, in Virginia for the past decade. I’m writing to you to share my story about my family. My wife and I started our relationship in 2018 and got married in 2019. We worked hard and deeply desired to build our family. In 2021, we began our family planning journey as an LGBTQ+ couple. In 2022, we welcomed our son who is the biggest gift life can give. Our ability to be married greatly helped us in achieving our dreams as my wife was able to adopt our son in 2023. We all deserve the right to marry and build families and communities that support one another. Protecting the right to marry for LGBTQ+ individuals is a human right. When the judge asked us if there was anything we wanted to share about the adoption order, all we could muster was how grateful we are for this opportunity. Please protect our right to marry and keep LGBTQ+ families whole. Thank you!

I am in support of these Bills as a Virginia resident and voter.

As an almost lifelong Virginian, I would like to express my full support for each of these proposed bills/amendments.