Issue Position: Ensure Equal Access to Health Care

Issue Position

All people have a right to decide for themselves what to with their body. This includes women who choose to terminate a pregnancy for any reason. It is a deeply personal decision that should be between a woman and her doctor. I am staunchly pro-choice and believe it is wrong to stigmatize women who have an abortion.

One of my top priorities in the legislature will be to work with other stakeholders to repeal Virginia's restrictive TRAP laws, which infringes upon women's' right to equal access to healthcare, as well as the requirement that women have mandatory ultra sounds and are forced to wait 24 hours for a procedure. This places an undue burden on women who are forced to travel several hours across the Commonwealth to their nearest abortion provider.

Further, I will vote to maintain and increase funding to healthcare providers like Planned Parenthood, which provide critical care to women across Virginia, including mammogram screenings and STI testing.

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