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One state Senate race could decide what happens to reproductive rights in Virginia, The American Independent
Josh Israel, 8/17/23
Juan Pablo Segura, the Republican nominee for the 31st state Senate District in Virginia, does not mention his position on abortion at all on his campaign website. But if he wins in November’s election, he might well be the deciding vote for a statewide ban on the procedure in the last southern state without one.
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With anti-abortion rights Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears able to break ties in the Senate, if Republicans hold every GOP-leaning seat and Segura wins, they would likely have a majority and the ability to roll back reproductive rights.
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Segura has donated to the 2012 presidential campaign of former Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, who backed bans on abortion and birth control, and to anti-abortion Virginia Republicans Hung Cao and Kevin Adams.
“MAGA extremist Juan Pablo Segura has given thousands to extremists who want to ban abortion, hosted events with radical activists that want to ban abortion, and supports an abortion ban in Virginia,” Lauren Chou, deputy campaign communications director for EMILY’s List, told the American Independent Foundation. “He must be stopped.”
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Democratic nominee Perry said in a statement provided to the American Independent Foundation on Wednesday:
Make no mistake, access to abortion in Virginia and in the South is on the line in November. A woman’s ability to make her own choices about her body — my ability to make my own choices about my body — could come down to who wins this race. We have seen across the country the heart wrenching consequences of politicians meddling in decisions that should be made between a woman and her doctor. As a state senator I will fight to uphold the law in Virginia that entrusts those decisions to a woman and her doctor.
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