Suing to stop Virginia’s late-term  

Abortion Amendment

The Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature violated the law to rush a radical abortion amendment onto Virginia’s 2026 ballot. If it succeeds, it will permanently enshrine in the constitution of the Commonwealth unlimited abortion up to birth.

Liberty Counsel has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Charla Bansley, a Bedford County supervisor, to stop this unlawful and dangerous measure before it reaches voters.

Defend LIFE by supporting our legal fund today. Every donation will be DOUBLED by a special Challenge Grant.

The “Old Dominion” Commonwealth of Virginia is officially known as “The Mother of Presidents” because George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson were all born there. 

In fact, most of our founding documents were written in Virginia — including the line from the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” 

The specific reference to “life” was no accident. Our founders never, ever would have imagined that the indiscriminate killing of children, born or unborn, could possibly be a “right.” 

Yet Virginia’s legislature just tried to pull a fast one to insert a shocking abortion-up-until-birth “right” in the state Constitution. In practice, the ballot measure’s language would wipe away longstanding protections for unborn children and block future safeguards — including commonsense health and safety regulations!  

If passed, it would make abortion a protected constitutional right in Virginia — potentially overriding parental involvement laws and safety standards, and end protections for babies capable of feeling pain. 

This is not a minor policy change. It is a constitutional amendment. 

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But the pro-abortion Virginian Democrat legislators made a crucial mistake in their hurry to rush this onto the ballot — and Liberty Counsel caught them. 

The Virginia Constitution requires strict procedural steps before any amendment can go to the ballot — steps designed to ensure transparency and protect voters. Those steps were not fully completed before lawmakers advanced this amendment. 

That means this abortion proposal should not appear on the 2026 ballot. 

We are asking the court to block election officials from printing ballots including this measure and to require the amendment process to start over. 

Time is short. If this amendment is allowed to proceed unlawfully, it could cement abortion-on-demand into Virginia’s Constitution for generations. 

We cannot let that happen. 

Will you give 50, 100, even 250 dollars, or more to help stop this extreme abortion amendment and defend unborn children? 

The other side is aggressively pushing to make Virginia a constitutional abortion state. We are fighting back — but we depend on your support. 

To put this in context, in just the first seven months after Florida passed its “Heartbeat Law” protecting unborn children from abortion as soon as their heartbeat is detectable (at roughly 5 to 6 weeks gestation), at least 23,000 babies were saved. Liberty Counsel played an instrumental role in the Florida court case and in defeating a similar abortion amendment.  

How many lives will be lost if this abortion amendment passes? 

Please make your most generous donation right now to help keep this pro-abortion amendment off the ballot and stand for life in Virginia. DOUBLE your gift with our Challenge Grant.