The Election and Reproductive Health

Now that the United States has a new president-elect (congratulations Senator Obama!), what will this mean for your reproductive health?

Thankfully, Senators Obama and Biden both have a history of voting in favor of women's health care, including supporting science-based education, affordable contraception, and choice. Their administration thus promises to be one that promotes reproductive rights - we will continue to be able to care for ourselves, prevent pregnancies, and learn, learn, learn. Hopefully that last, very important part of reproductive health (education) will be increasingly more commonsense and less abstinence-only.

While the ballot in Virginia did not contain anything concerning reproductive health care, voters in South Dakota, California, and Colorado had to decide whether to support harsh anti-choice initiatives in their own states. To the citizens' credit, all of these initiatives were defeated. Well done!

We are not done with this election, though. Our next legislative step here in Virginia is the General Assembly's Regular Session in January 2009. Check out this website to find out how to become involved.