Bedford County supervisor files suit challenging reproductive rights constitutional amendment

By: Charlotte Rene Woods

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 708

Last Updated: 6 days, 15 hours ago

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Later this year, Virginians are expected to formally approve or reject a measure to enshrine reproductive rights into the state’s constitution. But a new lawsuit filed this week in Bedford County seeks to upend the ballot referendum, arguing that state lawmakers didn’t follow the correct process in advancing it so far.

The plaintiff, Bedford County supervisor Charla Bansley, said in the legal complaint filed March 2 that the ballot initiative is invalid …

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