At a community fair in Stafford, Virginia, this month, Britainy Riggins approached Democratic state Senate candidate Joel Griffin with a single question: Did he support a woman's right to have an abortion?
Riggins, a 36-year-old government administrator who has had an abortion, said preserving reproductive rights was top of mind for her as she considers voting in the state's Nov. 7 election. Griffin was eager to tell her that he had "always supported a woman's right to choose."
If that message succeeds, it could offer a blueprint for Republicans around the country on an issue that has bedeviled the party. A Republican sweep would also likely intensify calls from some party donors for Youngkin to step into the Republican presidential race, where former President Donald Trump holds a commanding lead for the party's nomination despite a litany of legal problems.
Democrats argue even a 15-week limit is unacceptable and warn that Republicans might seek to restrict abortion further in the future. Democratic candidates for both chambers had pulled in more than $67 million through August, and Republicans had raised $45 million, for a total of $113 million more than two months before Election Day, according to the non-profit Virginia Public Access Project . In 2019, the last time both chambers were at stake, the candidates spent a total of $124 million.
One such race is in northern Virginia, where Griffin, a Marine Corps veteran, is vying for the open 27th Senate district against independent Monica Gary and Republican Tara Durant, who currently serves in the House of Delegates. Republicans have focused on some of the issues that elevated Youngkin in the 2021 governor's race: the economy, public safety, education and parental rights.Durant declined to speak to Reuters at the Stafford fair. In an emailed statement, she said supports a 15-week limit with exceptions. In the past, she has stated that she believes life begins at conception.
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