Jan 22, 2025 · The Democratic-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine the right to an abortion and to vote in the state's constitution. The Democratic-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine the right to an abortion and to vote in the state's constitution. ... Del. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax, delivers a farewell address during the House session at the ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax, answered questions on SJ247, a constitutional amendment to enshrine the fundamental right to reproductive freedom, during a General Assembly session on Monday, January 20, 2025 at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia. ... The measures would enshrine abortion access and marriage equality, and ...

Jan 22, 2025 · It also “shall not under any circumstances be construed to include” abortion procedures. “We don’t legislate through the constitution, we establish baseline rights,” Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax told The Mercury earlier in the day. “We legislate through code where our parental consent laws currently live and where they should ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The amendment, introduced by Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax, which passed 21-19 on a party line vote, would protect the right to abortion as well as contraception and in vitro fertilization. The ...

Senator Jennifer Boysko is the Patron of the Bill. She was unavailable for an interview but had this to say during the session: ... "This amendment will protect the right to abortion, birth ...

Jan 22, 2025 · FILE - Virginia state Sen.-elect, Del. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax, delivers a farewell address during the House session at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va., Jan. 11, 2019. ... Constitution, ensure our freedoms are no longer at risk, and hand the power back to the people,” said Democratic Sen. Jennifer Boysko, who sponsored the abortion ...

Jan 22, 2025 · “We will enshrine these rights to our Constitution, ensure our freedoms are no longer at risk, and hand the power back to the people,” said Democratic Sen. Jennifer Boysko, who sponsored the ...

A leader for reproductive rights for years, Senator Boysko sponsored a constitutional amendment to protect abortion access in Virginia in the 2023 General Assembly Session. Senator Boysko and her Senate Democratic colleagues blocked efforts …

Jan 17, 2024 · Richmond, VA – Today, the Virginia Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections carried over Senator Jennifer Boysko’s bill SJ1, the Reproductive Freedom Constitutional amendment into the 2025 General Assembly session.

Feb 7, 2023 · “I am so proud to see our Constitutional Amendment to enshrine reproductive freedoms pass the Senate today,” said Senator Jennifer Boysko. “After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, now more than ever it is critical we pass legislation to defend reproductive rights in the Commonwealth.