弗吉尼亚州选民周二通过了一项“生殖自由”投票提案，将现行保护措施——包括堕胎权——写入州宪法，Decision Desk HQ 预测。
Virginia voters passed a “reproductive freedom” ballot measure Tuesday, enshrining current protections — including abortion — into the state constitution, Decision Desk HQ projects.
该修正案将堕胎、避孕和体外受精的保护写入州宪法。它还保护生育护理、与怀孕相关的护理和流产护理。
The amendment puts protections for abortion, birth control, and in-vitro fertilization into the state constitution. It also protects fertility care, pregnancy-related care, and miscarriage care.
该修正案使堕胎在孕晚期前合法，到了孕晚期，只有在胎儿无法存活或医生认为堕胎对于保护胎儿或母亲健康是必要的情况下，才允许进行该手术。弗吉尼亚是南部唯一没有在怀孕 12 周或之前禁止堕胎的州。
The amendment makes abortion legal up to the third trimester, at which point the procedure is only allowed if the fetus is not viable or a physician considers an abortion necessary to protect the health of the fetus or mother. Virginia is the only state in the south not to ban abortion at or before 12 weeks of pregnancy.