Virginia Attorney General Tells Supreme Court: We Want Roe v. Wade Overturned
January 22, 2022 | Virginia
The state of Virginia filed a legal motion today asking the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Last November, Virginia voters elected new pro-life officials — including a new pro-life Governor Glenn Young, Lt. Governor Winsome Sears and Attorney General Jason Miyares. That pro-life administration has already sprung into action — with Youngkin creating a position of pro-life ambassador.
Today, the state’s attorney general filed legal papers with the Supreme Court asking it to remove Virginia’s name from a pro-abortion legal brief filed in the Dobbs abortion case related to a Mississippi pro-life law that the Supreme Court could use this year to overturn Roe v. Wade. Miyares says the pro-abortion view is no longer the position of the state and that Virginia wants the poorly-decided case reversed…. (Excerpts from lifenews.com)