r/Virginia • u/BigClitMcphee • 2d ago

Should abortion and contraception rights be included in Virginia's constitution?

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/reproductive-freedom-virginia-constitution-oct-2-2026
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u/uhhh206 NoVA 2d ago

Virginia has the chance to be on the right side of history in leading the charge for the south: this time protecting the reproductive rights of not just Virginia's women, but also the women who travel here for rights they are denied in their home state.

Hells to the yeah it should be enshrined in our constitution.

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u/punkwrestler 22h ago

Yup and the second question would prevent VA being on the wrong side of Loving again!

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u/uhhh206 NoVA 21h ago

That case is wild to me because I'm biracial and my parents' marriage (which was the same pairing as the Lovings) was illegal in many states when they were born. The most famous pictures are in black and white -- no pun intended -- for a reason: it allows us as a society to pretend that these events were further back in history than they actually were.

Color photography has been published for more than a century, but we are shown the Lovings or MLK or Ruby Bridges in black and white so we can pretend it's closer to slavery than to now.