VIRGINIA – Ahead of International Women’s Day, here’s a reminder that Winsome Earle-Sears has a dangerous, well-documented record of opposing reproductive rights. Just last month, Sears “couldn’t resist” voting against a bill that would guarantee Virginia women access to contraception and birth control.

“Winsome Earle-Sears supports a dangerous agenda that would strip Virginia women of their right to make decisions about their own bodies. Her tie-breaking vote against the right to contraception is yet another example in her extreme record of opposing reproductive rights,” said DPVA Spokesperson Maggie Amjad.

Read more on Sears’ dangerous record:

• 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.
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• 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 “couldn’t resist” voting against a bill that would guarantee Virginia women’s access to contraception.
• Sears has declared she is “standing shoulder to shoulder” with the far-right fight against IVF.