Virginia lawsuit challenges abortion amendment ballot language

(The Center Square) – A legal group filed a lawsuit in Tazewell County Circuit Court challenging the ballot language for Virginia’s proposed constitutional amendment on reproductive freedom, saying it is misleading and violates state law.

The lawsuit was filed by the Founding Freedoms Law Center, part of The Family Foundation of Virginia, on behalf of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, the Virginia Medical Freedom Alliance and Meagan Kade, a Tazewell County resident and Bluefield Town Council member.

The complaint names the Virginia State Board of Elections, the Virginia Department of Elections, Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates G. Paul Nardo, Tazewell County Circuit Court Clerk Charity D. Hurst and the county’s general registrar as defendants.

At issue is the ballot language approved by the General Assembly through House Bill 781 and Senate Bill 449, which will ask voters in November whether to amend the Virginia Constitution to establish a right to reproductive...