Virginia’s new Republican AG urges Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
| Virginia’s newly elected Republican attorney general has urged the Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade and hand authority over abortion to the states, reversing the commonwealth’s legal position in a landmark challenge now pending before the court.
Under the state’s previously Democratic-led administration, Virginia had joined 21 other states in urging the justices to invalidate Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban and reaffirm the core holding of the court’s 1973 decision in Roe. But in his first week on the job after defeating the state’s Democratic incumbent in a November election, Virginia’s new attorney general Jason Miyares (R) announced a dramatic shift in course. |
