Abortion Politics May Cost Republicans Virginia Legislature

This year’s Virginia races are a repeat tug of war between Democrats’ battle cry on abortion and Republicans’ outcry over the assault on parental rights.

A "Russet Perry for State Senate" sign outside the Claude Moore Recreation Center, one of the early in-person voting sites, in Sterling, Va., on Nov. 4, 2023. Terri Wu/The Epoch Times

News Analysis

LEESBURG, Va.—Abortion may prove to be the make-or-break issue in Virginia’s off-year election, traditionally a bellwether for the nation. With Election Day just around the corner, each party sprints toward the finish line: both with the goal of keeping their narrow majority in one legislative chamber and flipping the other.