On Monday, Governor Glenn Youngkin gutted and refused to sign the Right to Contraception Act, which would guarantee a woman's right to access contraception and birth control, including the pill, IUDs, and emergency contraceptives. 

DPVA Chairman Lamont Bagby released the following statement:

"Once again, Glenn Youngkin has demonstrated his extreme agenda—he believes the government should have a say in women's personal health decisions. By gutting the Right to Contraception Act, he made a choice to prioritize politics over women’s health.

To be clear—Virginia remains the last bastion in the South for reproductive freedom because Democrats have blocked Youngkin’s dangerous, anti-choice agenda. When we elect a governor this November who will sign this bill into law, it won’t just be a victory—it will be a statement that we will not tolerate anyone standing in the way of women’s fundamental freedoms and health care.”