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Oct 28, 2013

‘Choose Life’ License Plates Are Now Available in D.C.

A representative from the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles said that no money from sale of the plates will go to the organization that sponsored them.

Jan 25, 2013

March for Life to Close Down D.C. Roads Today

The annual March for Life hits D.C. today, and a number of roads will be closed for the event.

Jan 15, 2013

Maryland Protester Ordered to Stay Away from D.C. Planned Parenthood Clinic

A Rockville man has been ordered to stay outside of a buffer zone located around the D.C. Planned Parenthood clinic he protested for eight years.

Nov 26, 2012

Virginia GOP Seems to Back Off on Fetal Personhood Bill

It looks like Virginia Republicans are shying away from debating a proposed bill that would grant fetuses in the commonwealth the same rights as people.

Jul 31, 2012

National Groups Weigh In on D.C. Late-Term Abortion Ban Bill

Pro-life and pro-choice groups have said that they will score a vote today on a bill that would ban late-term abortions in D.C.

May 23, 2012

American Airlines Keeps Pro-Choice Activist Off Plane Over T-Shirt

A pro-choice activist who was on her way home from a conference on reproductive health care access earlier this week missed her flight after American Airlines employees prevented her from boarding on the grounds that her T-Shirt could have been seen as offensive to other passengers.

May 07, 2012

Video: Hollywood Starlets To GOP, “Get In My Vagina!”

Everyone knows that Republicans—like those in Virginia—are all about getting government out of peoples’ lives. Except when it comes to a woman’s right to choose, of course, something Virginia knows all too well.

Mar 05, 2012

DCist Contest: What’s Happening in This Picture?

Care to hazard a guess as to what’s happening in this picture?

Feb 23, 2012

Virginia Personhood Bill Pushed Off Until 2013

A Virginia bill that would have declared that life starts at conception was sent back to committee by the commonwealth’s Senate today, most likely putting any further consideration off until the 2013 legislative session.

Feb 23, 2012

Virginia Personhood Bill Moves to Full Senate

A day after Gov. Bob McDonnell and Virginia Republicans amended a controversial ultrasound bill by removing a requirement for an invasive probe for women seeking an abortion, the Virginia Senate prepares to vote on legislation that would define life as starting at conception.

 
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