It’s been nearly two weeks since Winsome Earle-Sears “couldn’t resist” voting against a bill that would guarantee Virginia women access to contraception. Sears must explain why she’s leaving the door open to extreme restrictions on access to birth control by refusing to protect the right to birth control and emergency contraception. 

“Winsome Earle-Sears’ tie-breaking no vote signals her extreme plans to roll back rights and attack health care. Virginians have questions about why Sears couldn’t resist voting no, and Sears must answer for her record,” said DPVA Spokesperson Maggie Amjad.

Sears has a long record of attacking health care and declared she is “standing shoulder to shoulder” in the fight against IVF with the right-wing organization, The Family Foundation of Virginia, which published a blog post comparing IVF to “child trafficking” and calling parents who use IVF to grow their families “selfish.”