{"id":1056620,"date":"2025-10-21T15:25:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056620"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:25:49","slug":"winsome-earle-sears-doubles-down-on-her-support-for-an-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/winsome-earle-sears-doubles-down-on-her-support-for-an-abortion-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Winsome Earle-Sears Doubles Down On Her Support for an Abortion Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With Election Day just two weeks away, yesterday, Winsome Earle-Sears continued to double down on her <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/570859-virginia-gop-lieutenant-governor-nominee-says-she-would-support-heartbeat\/?rl=1\">support<\/a> for an extreme six-week abortion ban with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winchesterstar.com\/winchester_star\/stephenson-resident-seeking-gop-nomination-in-lieutenant-governors-race\/article_20653dc1-0cd4-509e-b5cc-5da9717eadb5.html\">no exceptions for rape or incest<\/a>. If Democrats retain their House majority, they plan to pass a constitutional amendment that would protect reproductive freedom in Virginia. Earlier this year, Earle-Sears left a <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiamercury.com\/2025\/05\/08\/earle-sears-morally-opposed-to-virginias-reproductive-rights-amendment-note-shows\/\">handwritten note<\/a> that she is \u201cmorally opposed\u201d to the amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virginia is the only state in the South that has not instituted further abortion restrictions after the fall of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. While Earle-Sears wants to ban abortion in Virginia, Abigail Spanberger has been clear that she will protect reproductive freedom throughout the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/10\/20\/politics\/abortion-politics-democrats-virginia-new-jersey\">recent poll<\/a> found that Virginia voters trusted Spanberger on reproductive rights issues over Earle-Sears by a 20-point margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>In response, DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin released the following statement:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnother day, another instance where Winsome Earle-Sears\u2019 extremism shows. Her ongoing support for an extreme six-week abortion ban \u2014 similar to bans in Texas and across the vast majority of the South \u2014 is disqualifying. As the last state in the South without a post-<em>Roe<\/em> abortion ban, the stakes for Virginians could not be higher. While Earle-Sears doubles down on her support for Donald Trump and his extreme views, Abigail Spanberger will defend Virginians\u2019 reproductive freedoms as governor. Spanberger is the leader that women across the Commonwealth deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Election Day just two weeks away, yesterday, Winsome Earle-Sears continued to double down on her support for an extreme six-week abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest. If Democrats retain their House majority, they plan to pass a constitutional amendment that would protect reproductive freedom in Virginia. Earlier this year, Earle-Sears left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Winsome Earle-Sears Doubles Down On Her Support for an Abortion Ban - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/winsome-earle-sears-doubles-down-on-her-support-for-an-abortion-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-21T19:25:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tristin Byrd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tristin Byrd\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/winsome-earle-sears-doubles-down-on-her-support-for-an-abortion-ban\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/winsome-earle-sears-doubles-down-on-her-support-for-an-abortion-ban\/\",\"name\":\"Winsome Earle-Sears Doubles Down On Her Support for an Abortion Ban - 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