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Question 1 — “Reproductive Freedom”
Vote NO
This amendment would write a new “fundamental right to reproductive freedom” into the Bill of Rights. It covers decisions about prenatal care, childbirth, contraception, abortion, miscarriage management, and fertility care.
The state could regulate abortion in the third trimester—but could not prohibit it if a physician decides it is needed to protect the mother’s life, physical health, or mental health, or if the physician judges the pregnancy non-viable. A doctor’s professional judgment would be enough. The amendment also bars the Commonwealth from penalizing patients or people who assist them.
What a NO vote does: It leaves current Virginia law in place. Abortion is already legal in Virginia through the second trimester, with health exceptions later. A NO vote does not ban abortion. It refuses to lock a broad, court-enforced right into the Constitution so that future limits, parental involvement rules, or clinic standards become nearly impossible.
Constitutional language is permanent. Policy should not be.
Question 2 — Marriage and Religious Liberty
Vote NO
This amendment would strip the 2006 constitutional language defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman and replace it with a declaration that marriage is a “vital personal right.” It would forbid denying a marriage license to two adults based on sex, gender, or race and require equal legal treatment of valid marriages.
Same-sex marriage has been the law of the land since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell decision. Virginia already issues those licenses. This amendment is not needed to keep that legal.
What a NO vote does: It keeps an unnecessary constitutional rewrite off the books. Opponents warn the new language would give courts extra leverage against people of faith—photographers, florists, venues, Christian schools, and adoption agencies—who decline to participate in ceremonies that violate their beliefs. Virginia’s Values Act already authorizes steep fines ($50,000 first offense, $100,000 thereafter) in related disputes. Writing this into the Constitution tilts future cases against conscience protections.
Legal marriage is settled. Using the Constitution to weaken religious liberty is not.
Question 3 — Automatic Felon Voting
Vote NO
Under current law, a felony conviction suspends voting rights unless the Governor restores them. Virginia has already restored rights to hundreds of thousands of people through that process.
This amendment would automatically restore voting rights—and other political rights—the moment a person is released from incarceration. No completion of parole. No completion of probation. No requirement to pay restitution to victims. No case-by-case review.
What a NO vote does: It keeps restoration tied to finishing the sentence the court actually imposed, not merely walking out of prison while still under supervision. Voting is a civic right. Completing the full sentence, including obligations to victims and the court, is a reasonable condition before that right returns automatically and permanently in the Constitution.