Learn more about the 3 proposed constitutional amendments
Abortion, marriage and voting rights are all on the ballot this fall!
On the Nov. 3 ballot – with early voting starting Sept. 18 – Virginia voters will decide three referendum questions:
- Whether to enshrine a virtually unlimited “fundamental right” to abortion in the state constitution;
- Whether to remove the definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman from the state constitution; and
- Whether to amend the state constitution to restore voting rights to all people who have completed their prison sentences.
Our Stop the Extreme Abortion Amendment webpage provides key resources in the fight against the abortion ballot question.
Our Constitutional Amendments webpage provides information on all three issues.
We are strongly and fundamentally opposed to the extreme and radical abortion amendment and the marriage redefinition amendment. We support the amendment to restore voting rights.
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In prayer and in public, your voices are urgently needed to bring Gospel values to bear on vital decisions being made by those who represent you.
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The Virginia Catholic Conference is the public policy agency representing Virginia’s Catholic bishops and their two dioceses.
