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Committee reports bill shielding in‑state providers and patients from other states' criminal actions over certain reproductive and gender‑affirming care
Summary
SB 1098, as amended, would limit cooperation with out‑of‑state attempts to extradite or enforce criminal penalties against Virginia providers and patients lawfully providing or obtaining reproductive or gender‑affirming health care under Virginia law. The committee adopted a substitute and reported the bill.
The Senate Committee on Education and Health adopted a substitute and reported SB 1098, the Virginia Reproductive and Gender‑Affirming Healthcare Protection Act, which aims to protect providers and patients who lawfully supply or obtain reproductive or gender‑affirming care in Virginia from out‑of‑state legal actions.
Senator Favola presented the substitute and said the bill "protects…
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