VIRGINIA – This Women's History Month, remember that Winsome Earle-Sears has a dangerous, well-documented record of opposing reproductive rights. Just last month, Sears “couldn’t resist” voting against a bill that would guarantee Virginia women access to contraception and birth control.

“Winsome Earle-Sears’ tie-breaking no vote signaled her extreme plans to roll back the rights of Virginia women. Virginians have questions about why Sears couldn’t resist voting no, and Sears must answer for her record,” said DPVA Spokesperson Maggie Amjad.

Read more on Sears’ dangerous record:

• 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 of her website around September 2021.
• Sears “couldn’t resist” voting against a bill that would guarantee Virginia women’s access to contraception.
• Sears has declared she is “standing shoulder to shoulder” with the far-right fight against IVF.