VIRGINIA - During an interview with Richmond’s News 8, when asked if she would limit access to abortion, Winsome Earle-Sears outright lied, saying “I never said limiting” despite her long record of attacking reproductive rights, supporting a near-total abortion ban, and saying she would “do everything in [her] power” to end abortion in Virginia.

“Winsome Earle-Sears knows that her extreme record of opposing reproductive rights is out of step with Virginians and now she’s resorted to lying about it. Sears needs to give answers to Virginia women on why she wants politicians to make decisions for women about their own bodies,” said DPVA Spokesperson Maggie Amjad.

The Facts About Sears’ Dangerous Record on Abortion: 

• Sears supports an extreme six week abortion ban similar to the law that took effect in Texas that bans abortion before most women know they are pregnant.
• Sears has said that she would support an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest.
• January 2021: The Winchester Star reported that Sears said she wanted to make abortion illegal in all cases, unless the life of the mother was at risk.
• Sears vowed to “do everything in [her] power” to end abortion in Virginia.
• Sears’ 2021 lieutenant governor campaign website: “I will do everything in my power to stop this act from taking place in Virginia.”
• Sears attempted to scrub this abortion section from her website around September 2021.
• Sears left a handwritten note that she is “morally opposed to this bill [...]” on the constitutional amendment that would protect reproductive freedom in Virginia, including contraception, abortion, and IVF. 
• Sears admitted she would not sign the Right to Contraception Act into law saying “[...] This legislation is more about pushing a political agenda [...].”
• Sears “couldn’t resist” voting against this legislation to guarantee Virginia women’s access to contraception.
• Sears has declared she is “standing shoulder to shoulder” with the far-right fight against IVF.