Virginia Governor Sends Back Amended Contraception Bill (2)

Virginia would follow US Supreme Court precedence on the right to contraception under a bill the governor amended and sent back to the legislature.

The proposal sent late Monday by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) states that “individuals possess the right to access contraception as set forth” in the Supreme Court’s rulings in Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965 and Eisenstadt v. Baird in 1972. Justices said in those decisions that the right to privacy protects the rights of married couples and individuals to access contraceptives.

Youngkin’s measure is less comprehensive than the version passed by the Democratic-led legislature last month (SB 237) prohibiting any laws, regulations, or ...