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The article even opens with Tran claiming she “misspoke” during the legislative hearing wherein she explained the limits (or lack thereof) of her bill.

Current Virginia law allows for late-term abortions, but only in cases where the mother’s life and/or health would be “substantially and irredeemably” harmed by taking the pregnancy to term. State law also requires that three physicians sign off on the procedure. Tran’s bill seeks to remove the “substantially and irredeemably” language from state law. It also seeks to make it such that late-term abortions require the approval of only one physician. Lastly, Tran’s bill would allow for second-term abortions to be performed in clinics, as opposed to only hospitals, as the state law currently requires.