Virginia Mercury: Earle-Sears ‘morally opposed’ to Virginia’s reproductive rights amendment, note shows

VIRGINIA – On the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, remember that Winsome Earle-Sears has an extreme record attacking reproductive rights, including leaving a handwritten note that she is “morally opposed” to the constitutional amendment that would protect reproductive freedom in Virginia, including contraception, abortion, and IVF.

“Winsome Earle-Sears has a dangerous record on reproductive rights from supporting a near-total abortion ban to telling Virginia women to make their choices before they are pregnant. Sears owes answers to Virginia women on why she doesn’t trust Virginia women to make decisions about their own bodies,” said DPVA Spokesperson Maggie Amjad.

Read about Sears’ Dangerous Record on Reproductive Rights:

• In multiple interviews, Sears has made clear her support for restrictions on abortion.

  • In a 2022 interview she said, “we need to make our choices before we’re pregnant, not, you know, after, you already made a choice.”

• During her campaign for lieutenant governor she called abortion “genocide.”

• Sears left a handwritten note that she is “morally opposed to this bill [...]” on the constitutional amendment that would protect reproductive freedom in Virginia, including contraception, abortion, and IVF. 

• Sears has said that she would support an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest.

  • January 2021: The Winchester Star reported that Sears said she wanted to make abortion illegal in all cases, unless the life of the mother was at risk.

• Sears vowed to “do everything in [her] power” to end abortion in Virginia.

  • Sears’ 2021 lieutenant governor campaign website: “I will do everything in my power to stop this act from taking place in Virginia.”

    • Sears attempted to scrub this abortion section from her website around September 2021.

• Sears “couldn’t resist” voting against this legislation to guarantee Virginia women’s access to contraception.

  • Sears admitted she would not sign the Right to Contraception Act into law saying “[...] This legislation is more about pushing a political agenda [...].”

• Sears has declared she is “standing shoulder to shoulder” with the far-right fight against IVF.

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