Contraception Fight Shapes Virginia Race for U.S. Senate
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Hundreds of women lined the entrance to Virginia’s Capitol last month to stare down state lawmakers debating a bill to declare that life starts at conception. That’s the kind of event Democrats are counting on to help them in November.
Former U.S. Senator George Allen, a Virginia Republican who is running to return to the chamber, backs the “personhood” measure and would like to make it federal law. He isn’t saying whether he supports Virginia’s new law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound exam before having an abortion.