No on Amendment 1
Updated: Sep 19
This November, voters in the Commonwealth of Virginia will face a Constitutional Amendment that will enshrine the right abortion in our state Constitution. The Amendment is extreme: likely stopping all safeguards, parental notifications, and provisions to protect women and babies.
Catholics and all people of good will have a moral obligation to oppose this amendment and to share our love for life, our duty to protect women, and our responsibility to let what we know and believe - that all life is sacred - be the guiding force in our vote and our evangelization.
Resources for social media:
Protect Women, Love Life graphic for Facebook - (Right click to download)
Protect Women, Love Life graphic for Instagram
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Resources from Bishop Knestout:
All of the resources available from Bishop Knestout can be found at https://www.protectvirginia2026.org/ including the:
Statewide constitutional amendments on the ballot tend to bring out voters who care deeply about the outcome. For seniors in Newport News assisted living, families might check ahead on absentee ballot requests or rides to the polls so every voice gets counted.