More than abortion: What Va. patients and providers want you to know about reproductive health laws

By: Charlotte Rene Woods

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: June 25, 2026

Words: 922

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Editor’s note: This story mentions pregnancy loss.

Miscarriages were common for Albemarle County resident Casey Oakley during her in vitro fertilization process. Some embryo transfers weren’t successful and her body would expel the remnants, a process she had always handled safely at home, until an irregular delay.

Her bloodwork had indicated her pregnancy hormones were not elevating properly, signaling an imminent miscarriage. But two weeks later nothing had happened.

“(Doctors) didn’t know …

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