In a rare move, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia gets involved in a primary by endorsing Aird
Aird and Morrissey go back and forth over abortion after Planned Parenthood endorsed Aird
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Aird and Morrissey go back and forth over abortion after Planned Parenthood endorsed Aird
Morrissey pushes back on abortion rhetoric after Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia endorsed his opponent
In a rare move, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia (PPAV) endorsed in a Democratic primary race by choosing to back Lashrecse Aird in Senate District 13. Aird is running in a primary against state Sen. Joe Morrissey, a Democrat who says he is personally against abortion.
“Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia is proud to endorse Lashrecse Aird to represent the people of Virginia’s 13th Senate District. Our rights are at risk and in Lashrecse we have a proven champion who will fight for our reproductive rights,” said Jamie Lockhart, the executive director of PPAV. “With an almost evenly divided State Senate and Governor Youngkin jockeying for the national support of anti-abortion extremists, Virginians need their elected officials to fight like hell to protect safe, legal abortion. They don’t need someone like Senator Morrissey who could help Governor Youngkin enact his dangerous anti-abortion agenda.”
Lockhart specifically cited SB 710 from Sen. Amanda Chase ® which is a bill Morrissey co-patroned last session. The bill died but it would have banned abortion at 20 weeks in Virginia.
Governor Glenn Youngkin has said that he and Republicans will seek a 15-week ban on abortion during the upcoming legislative session in January.
Morrissey said during an interview Wednesday that he has not agreed to support a 15-week ban but will consider any bill with a pain threshold.