24 Years of Voting on Pro-Life Issues

Check how your Delegate voted:

  • 1978-1997 Voting Table
  • 1998-2001 Voting Table

    Explanation of Virginia House of Delegates Votes

    Year Bill Issue Pro-Life Position Voting Result
    1 1978 HB 502 State Funding of Abortions NO 52-44
    2 1982 HB 541 State Funding of Abortions in Cases of Rape & Incest NO 57-41
    3 1983 HB 329 Natural Death Act NO 58-37
    4 1991 HJR 465 Requests a Constitutional Amendment for Abortion Rights (died in Senate without a vote) NO 50-43
    5 1992 HB 1110 Parental Notificationvote to refer (kill the bill) NO 47-48
    6 1994 HB 1355 Parental Notification vote to weaken by allowing notification of other family members NO 30-65
    7 1994 HB 1355 Parental Notificationpassage in House (died in Senate E&H) YES 71-26
    8 1995 HB 1359 Obstruction of Free Passage (clinic access) NO 66-32
    9 1995 HB 2539 Outlawing assisted suicidevote to refer (kill the bill) NO 51-41
    10 1995 HB 1420 Parental Notification vote to weaken by allowing notification of grandparents and siblings over 21 NO 58-42
    11 1996 HB 277 Assisted Suicide-vote to rerefer (kill the bill) NO 52-48
    12 1997 SB 1148 Parental Notification-vote on substitute bill to weaken by allowing notification of grandparents and siblings over 21 NO 38-62
    13 1997 SB 1148 Parental Notification-final passage of law YES 74-26
    14 1997 HB 2898 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban-vote to weaken with health exception NO 56-44
    15 1997 HB 2878 Licensing Abortion Clinics-vote to rerefer (kill the bill) NO 50-49
    16 1998 HB 1154 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban-vote to narrow definition NO 37-59
    17 1998 HB 1154 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban-passage of House bill YES 78-21
    18 1998 HB 1378 Assisted Suicide-passage of House bill YES 77-20
    19 1998 HB 1371 Informed Consent-vote to remove 24-hour waiting period NO 37-58
    20 1998 HB 1371 Informed Consent-passage of House bill YES 61-38
    21 1999 HB 2108 Informed Consent-vote on amendment to gut the bill NO 35-57
    22 1999 HB 2108 Informed Consent-passage of House bill YES 61-39
    23 1999 HB 749 Abortion Clinic Licensing-passage of House bill YES 70-29
    24 2000 HB 1482 Informed Consent-passage of House bill YES 64-35
    25 2001 HB 2570 Informed Consent-vote to remove 24-hour waiting period NO 36-62
    26 2001 HB 2570 Informed Consent-vote to remove printed material with details NO 38-60
    27 2001 SB 1211 Informed Consent-vote on final passage YES 65-35
    28 2001 HB 2403 Feticide (death of unborn other than by abotion)-bill passage YES 63-36

    Published in VSHL Lifesaver, October 2001

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