FACT CHECK: Winsome Earle-Sears Outright Lies (“I never said limiting”) About Her Support for Dangerous Abortion Ban

See below for a press release from DPVA about Winsome Earle-Sears’ latest lunacy and lies, in this case:

During an interview with Richmond’s News 8, when asked if she would limit access to abortion, Winsome Earle-Sears outright lied, saying “I never said limiting” despite her long record of attacking reproductive rights, supporting a near-total abortion ban, and saying she would “do everything in [her] power” to end abortion in Virginia.

Just bizarre. Also, as one astute Virginia political observer pointed out to me this morning, she’s just so bad at this, doesn’t want to say anything that will get her in trouble, way too overcoached, inauthentic, calculated, etc. In this case, what’s going on is that Earle-Sears knows that her extreme anti-reproductive-freedom views (e.g., she “has said that she would support an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest”; “supports an extreme six week abortion ban similar to the law that took effect in Texas that bans abortion before most women know they are pregnant”) is politically disastrous, but she really believes it, plus she knows her hard-right “base” also supports banning abortion, so she’s forced to flat-out lie, do the old “whataboutism” thing (“Do we just leave the baby on the table to die? What do we do? Do what? She has not stated that. That’s what I want to know from her.”) . Just bizarre, false and warped…

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— Tyler Englander (@TylerEnglander) May 20, 2025

FACT CHECK: Winsome Earle-Sears Outright Lies About Her Support for Dangerous Abortion Ban

VIRGINIA – During an interview with Richmond’s News 8, when asked if she would limit access to abortion, Winsome Earle-Sears outright lied, saying “I never said limiting” despite her long record of attacking reproductive rights, supporting a near-total abortion ban, and saying she would “do everything in [her] power” to end abortion in Virginia.

“Winsome Earle-Sears knows that her extreme record of opposing reproductive rights is out of step with Virginians and now she’s resorted to lying about it. Sears needs to give answers to Virginia women on why she wants politicians to make decisions for women about their own bodies,” said DPVA Spokesperson Maggie Amjad.

The Facts About Sears’ Dangerous Record on Abortion: 

• Sears supports an extreme six week abortion ban similar to the law that took effect in Texas that bans abortion before most women know they are pregnant.

• Sears has said that she would support an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest.
  • January 2021: The Winchester Star reported that Sears said she wanted to make abortion illegal in all cases, unless the life of the mother was at risk.

• Sears vowed to “do everything in [her] power” to end abortion in Virginia.
  • Sears’ 2021 lieutenant governor campaign website: “I will do everything in my power to stop this act from taking place in Virginia.”
    • Sears attempted to scrub this abortion section from her website around September 2021.

• Sears left a handwritten note that she is “morally opposed to this bill […]” on the constitutional amendment that would protect reproductive freedom in Virginia, including contraception, abortion, and IVF.

• Sears admitted she would not sign the Right to Contraception Act into law saying “[…] This legislation is more about pushing a political agenda […].”

• Sears “couldn’t resist” voting against this legislation to guarantee Virginia women’s access to contraception.

• Sears has declared she is “standing shoulder to shoulder” with the far-right fight against IVF.