The Virginia House of Delegates passed two pro-life bills on Friday that will update Virginia’s Informed Consent Law. They now head to the Senate.
HB 1315 will require Virginia’s abortion clinics to perform an ultrasound for all women seeking an abortion and to offer an opportunity for the woman to review the ultrasound. Current law offers women a pamphlet with descriptions and drawings of a developing preborn child.
HB 1556 will require doctors to provide abortion-minded women with information regarding the pain their preborn baby may feel during an abortion after 20 weeks' gestation.
“Anyone who truly cares about the health care of women should support the concept that they should be presented with all the information possible before they make health care decisions that can affect them for the rest of their lives,” said Chris Freund, vice president of The Family Foundation. “To oppose simply giving information to a woman before she makes a decision clearly reveals just how unreasonable proponents of abortion can be in the General Assembly and exposes their insincerity when they argue that they care about women's health.”
