Abortion in Virginia

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• VASB845 2027By Mamie Locke (D)
  Pregnant & postpartum inmates; reporting requirements of state, regional, & local correctional fac.

  AI summary Prohibits use of pregnancy-related data collected from correctional facilities for immigration enforcement, so less immigration enforcement using such data.

  =No change to abortion accessother
  Stage: Committee Oct 26: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
• VAHB1398 2027By Margaret Franklin (D) · 5 cosponsors
  Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report.

  AI summary Excludes reviews of fetal deaths resulting from voluntary or therapeutic termination of pregnancy from the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team's systematic analysis of causes and prevention of fetal and infant deaths.

  ↑Expands abortion accessexceptions
  Stage: Passed one chamber Jul 21: Continued from last session
• VASB137 2026By Stella Pekarsky (D)
  Obstructing health care facility; penalties.

  AI summary Creates new criminal penalties for physical obstruction, intimidation, or interference with access to or provision of reproductive health services (including abortion), so more restrictions on such interference and greater protection for clinic operations.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulation
  Stage: Law Apr 22: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0991)
• VAHB328 2026By Richard Sullivan (D) · 18 cosponsors
  Health insurance; essential health benefits benchmark plan selection.

  AI summary Adds state-mandated coverage for the treatment of iatrogenic infertility and standard fertility preservation procedures (including sperm banking, oocyte banking, embryo banking) to the essential health benefits benchmark plan, so more insurance coverage of IVF-related services.

  ↑Expands abortion accesspersonhood ivf, other
  Stage: Law Apr 22: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1048)
• VAHB1182 2026By Joshua Thomas (D) · 53 cosponsors
  Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs & devices, including over-the-counter.

  AI summary Removes copayment, coinsurance, and certain cost-sharing requirements for contraceptive benefits, and requires coverage without cost-sharing for at least one therapeutically equivalent version (or recommended version based on medical need), so greater affordability of contraception.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance
  Stage: Law Apr 22: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1092)
• VASB273 2026By Mamie Locke (D)
  Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Eviction Diversion Program, eligibility.

  AI summary This bill changes eligibility rules, payment percentages, and other procedures for a state eviction diversion program for residential tenants facing unlawful detainer actions; it has no provisions on abortion or reproductive issues.

  =No change to abortion accessother
  Stage: Law Apr 13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0818)
• VAHB283 2026By Debra Gardner (D) · 9 cosponsors
  Child abuse or neglect; prenatal use of a controlled substance or drug as prescribed.

  AI summary Excludes prenatal use of a prescribed controlled substance for opioid addiction recovery from being sole grounds to suspect child abuse or neglect, so less reporting and investigation of such cases.

  ↑Expands abortion accessother
  Stage: Law Apr 13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585)
• VAHB1400 2026By Margaret Franklin (D) · 12 cosponsors
  Health insurance; coverage for maternal mental health screenings.

  AI summary Expands insurance coverage for maternal mental health screenings and related postpartum services, including prescription drugs for maternal mental health conditions, which are distinct from abortion.

  =No change to abortion accessfunding insurance, other
  Stage: Law Apr 13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840)
• VASB596 2026By Jennifer Carroll Foy (D) · 3 cosponsors
  Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.

  AI summary Establishes a statutory right to obtain contraceptives and bars laws that limit, delay or impede access to them, so more legal access to contraception.

  ↑Expands abortion accessother, medication abortion
  Stage: Law Apr 8: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)
• VASB177 2026By Barbara Favola (D)
  Va. Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, consumer reproductive/sexual health information.

  AI summary Adds a prohibition on obtaining, disclosing, selling or disseminating personally identifiable reproductive or sexual health information without consumer consent, so less sharing of such data by covered entities.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessother
  Stage: Law Apr 8: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0487)
• VAHB6 2026By Marcia Price (D) · 54 cosponsors
  Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.

  AI summary Establishes a statutory right to obtain and provide contraceptives and bars any law, regulation, or policy that limits, delays, or impedes access to them, so more legal access to contraception.

  ↑Expands abortion accessother, medication abortion
  Stage: Law Apr 8: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)
• VAHB425 2026By Destiny LeVere Bolling (D) · 7 cosponsors
  Pregnant and postpartum patients; reimbursement for remote monitoring services.

  AI summary The bill adds a new provision requiring Medicaid payment for remote patient monitoring services for high-risk pregnant persons through 12 months postpartum (and separately requires a study on expanding such coverage for pregnant persons aged 35+), increasing state funding and insurance coverage for,

  ↑Expands abortion accessfunding insurance
  =No change to abortion accessother
  Stage: Law Apr 8: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0391)
• VAHB837 2026By Adele McClure (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Eviction Diversion Program, eligibility.

  AI summary This bill changes eligibility rules, payment percentages, and other procedures for a state eviction diversion program for residential tenants facing unlawful detainer actions; it has no provisions on abortion or reproductive rights.

  =No change to abortion accessother
  Stage: Law Apr 6: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230)
• VAHB1398 2026By Margaret Franklin (D) · 5 cosponsors
  Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report.

  AI summary Explicitly excludes review of fetal deaths resulting from voluntary or therapeutic termination of pregnancy from the mortality review team's scope.

  ↓Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivf, other
  =No change to abortion accessexceptions
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Mar 9: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
• VAHB719 2026By Eric Zehr (R)
  Health & family life ed.; certain videos & animations relating to human development inside uterus.

  AI summary Requires specific pro-life videos and animations on fetal development to be included in health and family life education curricula when covering pregnancy or human development, so less neutral presentation of abortion-related topics in schools.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessother
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 18: Left in Education
• VAHB542 2026By Karen Hamilton (R)⚠ check quote
  Abortion; informed written consent, newborn safety devices.

  AI summary Requires physicians or APRNs to provide written information on safe haven provisions, discuss them with the patient, and obtain written verification of the discussion before performing an abortion, adding a new informed consent requirement.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulation
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 18: Left in Committee Health and Human Services
• VAHB531 2026By Karen Hamilton (R)⚠ check quote
  Abortion; born alive infant, treatment and care, penalty.

  AI summary Imposes a legal duty on abortion providers to provide life-saving care and transfer to a hospital for any infant born alive after an attempted abortion, with a felony penalty for noncompliance, so less legal access to abortion without regard for a born-alive infant.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessother, personhood ivf
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 18: Left in Health and Human Services
• VAHB1428 2026By Tim Griffin (R)⚠ check quote
  Pregnant women; SHHR to establish website to provide services and programs available.

  AI summary Creates a state website promoting alternatives to abortion, risks of abortion, and abortion pill reversal while providing resources for pregnant women, so less practical access to abortion.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessother
  ↑Expands abortion accessfunding insurance
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 18: Left in Committee Health and Human Services
• VAHB1389 2026By Stacey Annie Carroll (D)
  Health insurance; coverage for standard fertility preservation procedures.

  AI summary Mandates health insurance coverage for standard fertility preservation procedures for people facing medical treatments that risk impairing fertility, including those related to cancer or sickle cell disease, increasing access to fertility-related services.

  ↑Expands abortion accesspersonhood ivf, funding insurance
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 18: Left in Labor and Commerce
• VASB449 2026By Jennifer Boysko (D)
  Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom(submitting to qualified voters).

  AI summary Amends the state constitution to establish a fundamental right to reproductive freedom that includes abortion care, with a high bar for any restrictions and explicit protections against penalties for abortion, so more legal access to abortion.

  ↑Expands abortion accessballot constitutional, bans gestational limits, exceptions, travel interstate shield, provider clinic regulation
  Stage: Law Feb 17: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB449)
• VASB548 2026By Glen Sturtevant (R) · 1 cosponsor⚠ check quote
  Abortion; born alive infant, treatment and care, penalty.

  AI summary Imposes a legal duty on providers performing abortions to provide full life-preserving care to any infant born alive after the procedure, with felony penalties for noncompliance, so less legal access to abortion without regard to infant survival.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, provider clinic regulation
  =No change to abortion accessexceptions
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 12: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
• VAHB781 2026By Charniele Herring (D) · 23 cosponsors
  Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom(submitting to qualified voters).

  AI summary Amends the state constitution to enshrine a fundamental right to reproductive freedom that includes abortion care, with limits only in the third trimester except for health or nonviability, making broader legal access to abortion more likely and harder to restrict by statute.

  ↑Expands abortion accessballot constitutional, exceptions, travel interstate shield
  ↓Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, provider clinic regulation
  Stage: Law Feb 11: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB781)
• VAHB336 2026By Bonita Anthony (D) · 2 cosponsors
  Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, penalty, report.

  AI summary Excludes deaths from voluntary or therapeutic termination of pregnancy from review by the Fetal and Infant Health Data and Quality Improvement Review Team, so such deaths are not analyzed for systemic factors or prevention strategies.

  =No change to abortion accessexceptions, other
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 11: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB1398-Franklin, M.A.) (Voice Vote)
• VAHB822 2026By Betsy Carr (D)
  Reports of fetal death; miscarriage, personally identifiable information not required.

  AI summary Requires fetal death reports for miscarriages and abortions but specifies that in cases of induced abortion or miscarriage, the forms shall not identify the patient by name or include any other personally identifiable information, so less detailed personal data is collected on abortions.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessother
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 29: Stricken from docket by Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
• VASB36 2026By Barbara Favola (D) · 3 cosponsors
  Child abuse or neglect; prenatal use of a controlled substance or drug as prescribed.

  AI summary Excludes prenatal use of a prescribed controlled substance or drug from being the sole basis for suspecting child abuse or neglect, so less risk of mandated reporting or investigation tied to prescribed maternal medication use during pregnancy.

  ↑Expands abortion accessother
  =No change to abortion accessfunding insurance
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 23: Stricken at request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
• VASB193 2026By Angelia Williams Graves (D)
  Unregulated pregnancy clinics; unauthorized practice of medicine, etc.

  AI summary Imposes new licensing, supervision, disclosure, and notification requirements on unregulated pregnancy clinics that provide pregnancy-related medical care such as ultrasounds, along with civil penalties and grounds for professional discipline for misrepresentations, making it harder for such clinics

  ↓Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulation
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 22: Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
• VASB1418 2025By Lashrecse Aird (D) · 3 cosponsors
  Postpartum doula care; DMAS to amend state plan for medical assistance services.

  AI summary The bill expands Medicaid coverage to include postpartum doula care services (emotional/physical support, infant care, breastfeeding, mental health education, recovery guidance, and up to 10 visits spanning pregnancy and 12 months postpartum) for eligible birthing individuals.

  =No change to abortion accessfunding insurance
  ↑Expands abortion accessother
  Stage: Law May 2, 2025: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706)
• VASB1105 2025By Ghazala Hashmi (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Contraception; establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.

  AI summary Establishes a state right to access contraception independent of federal constitutional rulings, which protects access to birth control separate from abortion regulation.

  ↑Expands abortion accessother
  Stage: ✕ Vetoed May 2, 2025: Vetoed by Governor
• VAHB2328 2025By Shelly Simonds (D) · 6 cosponsors
  Admission to bail; pregnant persons or persons who have recently given birth.

  AI summary Adds pregnancy, recent birth, or nursing status as a factor for judicial officers to consider when deciding on bail or release, which can lead to more lenient pretrial release for pregnant persons.

  ↑Expands abortion accessother, exceptions
  Stage: Law May 2, 2025: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717)
• VAHB1614 2025By Adele McClure (D) · 16 cosponsors
  Postpartum doula care; DMAS to amend state plan for medical assistance services.

  AI summary The bill expands Medicaid coverage to include postpartum doula care with services such as emotional support, breastfeeding assistance, postpartum mental health education, and referrals, for up to 10 visits around pregnancy and birth.

  =No change to abortion accessfunding insurance
  ↑Expands abortion accessother
  Stage: Law May 2, 2025: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690)
• VASB754 2025By Barbara Favola (D)
  Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information.

  AI summary Adds reproductive or sexual health information (explicitly including termination of a pregnancy, abortifacients, and related data) to the list of consumer data that suppliers are prohibited from obtaining, disclosing, selling, or disseminating without consent under the Consumer Protection Act, so it

  ↑Expands abortion accessother
  Stage: Law Mar 24, 2025: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0591)
• VAHB2539 2025By Candi Mundon King (D) · 20 cosponsors
  Dental care services for pregnant women; state plan for medical assistance services, report.

  AI summary The bill adds a new provision for payment of medical assistance for comprehensive dental care services for pregnant women, expanding covered prenatal-related services under Medicaid without changing abortion access or funding rules.

  =No change to abortion accessfunding insurance
  Stage: Law Mar 24, 2025: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0461)
• VAHB2083 2025By Irene Shin (D) · 12 cosponsors
  Pregnant qualified individuals; Va. Health Benefit Exchange to establish special enrollment period.

  AI summary Creates a special enrollment period allowing pregnant individuals to enroll in health plans through the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange at any time during pregnancy, increasing access to insurance that may cover abortion services.

  ↑Expands abortion accessfunding insurance, other
  Stage: Law Mar 24, 2025: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0528)
• VASB758 2025By Mamie Locke (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Remote monitoring services for pregnant and postpartum patients; reimbursement.

  AI summary The bill adds a requirement that family planning services for postpartum women explicitly exclude payment for abortion services and prohibit use of funds for abortions, so less public funding for abortion.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance
  ↑Expands abortion accessother
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 18, 2025: Left in Appropriations
• VASB743 2025By Barbara Favola (D) · 2 cosponsors
  Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes.

  AI summary Creates a shield against extradition for people who receive, provide or assist with abortion (and other reproductive care) in Virginia, so more legal protection for interstate travel and assistance related to abortion.

  ↑Expands abortion accesstravel interstate shield, other
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 18, 2025: Left in Courts of Justice
• VAHB2102 2025By Michael Feggans (D) · 23 cosponsors
  Pregnant individuals; DMAS to seek federal authority to implement presumptive eligibility, etc.

  AI summary Authorizes presumptive Medicaid eligibility for pregnant individuals meeting criteria for Medicaid for Pregnant Women, FAMIS MOMS, or FAMIS Prenatal Coverage, increasing access to publicly funded prenatal and pregnancy-related health services.

  ↑Expands abortion accessfunding insurance
  =No change to abortion accessother
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 17, 2025: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
• VAHB2398 2025By Tim Griffin (R) · 2 cosponsors⚠ check quote
  Abortion; born alive infant, treatment and care, penalty.

  AI summary Imposes a legal duty on providers to treat and transfer any infant born alive after an abortion attempt, with a felony penalty for noncompliance, which deters abortions that risk a live birth and thereby reduces legal access to abortion at later gestations where survival is possible.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, provider clinic regulation
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 5, 2025: Left in Health and Human Services
• VAHB2183 2025By Nicholas Freitas (R)⚠ check quote
  Abortion; born alive infant, treatment and care, penalty.

  AI summary Requires health care providers who perform abortions to provide the same level of care to preserve the life of any infant born alive after the procedure as for any other child of the same gestational age, with failure to do so being a Class 4 felony; this applies to attempted abortions at any stage,

  ↓Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, provider clinic regulation
  =No change to abortion accessexceptions
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 5, 2025: Left in Health and Human Services
• VAHB2563 2025By Kim Taylor (R) · 2 cosponsors
  Assisted conception; certain medical treatments, written contract required.

  AI summary Requires a written contract between genetic parents for disposition of embryos created by IVF, including in cases of death, incarceration or divorce, which imposes new legal requirements on the IVF process.

  ↓Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivf
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 4, 2025: Left in Courts of Justice
• VAHB2562 2025By Kim Taylor (R)
  Abortion; treatment of a nonviable pregnancy.

  AI summary Adds an explicit exception allowing termination of a nonviable pregnancy (including ectopic or failed intrauterine) when failure to treat would likely cause death or substantially impair the woman's physical health, so more legal access to abortion in those circumstances.

  ↑Expands abortion accessexceptions, bans gestational limits
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 4, 2025: Left in Courts of Justice
• VAHB2519 2025By Kim Taylor (R) · 4 cosponsors
  Income tax, state; deductions for in vitro fertilization.

  AI summary Creates a state income tax deduction for up to $10,000 in IVF expenses, reducing the after-tax cost of undergoing IVF and thereby increasing access to the procedure.

  ↑Expands abortion accesspersonhood ivf
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 4, 2025: Left in Finance
• VAHB2440 2025By Phillip Scott (R)
  Health & family life ed.; certain videos & animations relating to human development inside uterus.

  AI summary Requires specific ultrasound videos and animations depicting fetal development to be included in health and family life education curricula when covering pregnancy or human development inside the uterus, so less neutral presentation of abortion-related topics in schools.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessother
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 4, 2025: Left in Education
• VAHB2305 2025By Mark Earley (R)
  Income tax, state; eligible conception tax credit.

  AI summary Defines 'eligible conception' to include a child currently in gestation or resulting in birth, and allows a tax credit for such conceptions (including after miscarriage if not induced), which gives legal/financial recognition to the unborn from conception.

  ↓Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivf
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 4, 2025: Left in Finance
• VAHB1927 2025By Destiny LeVere Bolling (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Department of Medical Assistance Services; remote monitoring services for pregnant and postpartum patients; reimbursement.

  AI summary The bill keeps and adds to existing Medicaid provisions that explicitly exclude coverage for abortion services while expanding reimbursements for other pregnancy-related services like remote monitoring for pregnant and postpartum persons.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance
  ↑Expands abortion accessother
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 4, 2025: Left in Appropriations
• VASB1493 2025By David Suetterlein (R) · 9 cosponsors
  Contraception; right to access.

  AI summary Declares a state public policy right to access contraception independent of federal constitutional rulings, which protects access to contraception separate from abortion regulation.

  ↑Expands abortion accessother
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 23, 2025: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
• VASB1066 2025By Mark Peake (R)
  Family life education; inclusion of certain materials relating to human gestation required.

  AI summary Mandates inclusion of specific ultrasound videos of human gestation in public school family life education curriculum, which promotes viewing of fetal development without changing abortion access directly.

  ↓Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits
  =No change to abortion accessother
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 23, 2025: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
• VASB333 2025By Saddam Salim (D)
  State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments, etc.

  AI summary Adds coverage for fertility preservation services including embryo banking and storage of reproductive cells and tissues for cancer patients facing iatrogenic infertility, so more access to IVF-related services.

  ↑Expands abortion accesspersonhood ivf
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Nov 19, 2024: Left in Education and Health
• VASB278 2025By Ghazala Hashmi (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Virginia Abortion Care & Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act; established, civil penalties.

  AI summary Prohibits extradition and summons for witnesses in out-of-state prosecutions related to abortion care lawful in Virginia, and bars law-enforcement cooperation or information-sharing on such care, so more legal access to abortion across state lines.

  ↑Expands abortion accesstravel interstate shield, other
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Nov 19, 2024: Left in Courts of Justice
• VASB140 2025By Jennifer Carroll Foy (D)
  Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; created, penalty, report.

  AI summary Establishes a Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team that explicitly excludes review of deaths from voluntary or therapeutic termination of pregnancy, so the bill does not impose or alter any limits on abortion access.

  =No change to abortion accessbans gestational limits, other
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Nov 19, 2024: Left in Finance and Appropriations
• VAHB1239 2025By Rodney Willett (D)
  Unaccompanied homeless youth; consent to surgical or medical care.

  AI summary Explicitly bars unaccompanied homeless minors from using the new consent authority to obtain an abortion without complying with existing parental-notification or judicial-approval requirements, so no expansion of abortion access.

  =No change to abortion accessbans gestational limits
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Nov 18, 2024: Left in Health and Human Services

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