Opposition grows to proposals that would restrict reproductive rights in Washington DC and Virginia

The debate about reproductive rights in Washington DC and Virginia is stepping up this week. A bill recently introduced by Republicans from Arizona and Utah would ban abortions performed more than 20 weeks after conception, in the District of Columbia. Today, reproductive rights and DC statehood advocates gathered on Capitol Hill to speak out against the legislation, calling it a violation of women’s bodies and the Constitution. Women’s rights groups are also protesting a bill up for a vote in the Virginia House of Representatives this week, that would mandate a trans-vaginal ultrasound for any woman seeking an abortion. FSRN’s Alice Ollstein has more, in Washington, D.C.