Action During the 2003 General Assembly
Please contact your Delegate and State Senator and urge them to support pro-life legislation, and to oppose pro-abortion legislation, in the Virginia General Assembly.
A listing of pro-life legislation and the current status can be found here: General Assembly Bill Status.
When to contact
Bills move very rapidly in the General Assembly. You can therefore contact your delegate (for HB bills) or your senator (for SB bills) at any time. Check the membership of the committees (using the hot links provided on the bill status page above); if your delegate or senator is on the committee, please contact him or her immediately since the committees are now considering all bills that have been introduced.After a bill has been passed in the House, it goes to the Senate which will then consider the House bill (HB). Similarly, after Senate passage, a Senate bill (SB) is considered in the House of Delegates. To become law, the identical wording must be passed in both the House and the Senate, and be signed by the Governor (or if vetoed, the veto must be subsequently overrided by both bodies.)
How to contact
You can telephone and leave a phone message for any General Assembly member by calling 1-800-889-0229 (in Richmond 698-1990).You can find the direct telephone number and e-mail address of your delegate or senator on the General Assembly web page. If you don't know who your legislator is, go to that web page and click on "Who's My Legislator."
VSHL is the Virginia affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee.
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