My Position

• Human life deserves protection at every stage of development, as the Founding Fathers outlined in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
• Without the right to life, all other rights are unavailable.
• Most women who have abortions feel pressured into having them. It is important for all of us, whether as individuals or groups, to offer emotional, moral and material support to women in crisis pregnancies, so that they can make the choice for life

My Record

• As a State Senator, I have supported initiatives to:
• Ensure women are fully informed about alternatives to abortion;
• Make sure parents are as involved as possible in the pregnancy-related decisions of their minor daughters (i.e., I drafted the Senate parental consent law passed in 2003);
• Recognize the humanity of each person from conception to natural death.
• Defund (of taxpayer dollars) Planned Parenthood, a multi-billion dollar organization.
• Support women in crisis pregnancies. In 2007, I co-sponsored the Pregnant Women’s Support Fund.
• I have also fought to:
• Protect women’s health by ensuring Virginia’s abortion providers are subject to the same health and safety standards as other outpatient surgical facilities;
• Prohibit partial-birth abortion from being performed in Virginia.

As Virginia’s Attorney General
I will continue to support the sanctity of all human life, from conception to natural death. I will also strive to support women in crisis pregnancies.

My Position
I believe marriage should be protected as a sacred union between one man and one woman.

My Record

• I led the fight to pass the Marriage Amendment in Northern Virginia. I was one of only a small number of legislators around Virginia that actually went out and actively campaigned on behalf of the Marriage Amendment.
• I have proposed numerous bills to protect marriage and families, and to reduce the incidence of divorce in Virginia.

My Position
I believe parents, not government, should control the education, governance, and moral upbringing of their children.

My Record

• I have a strong record of supporting school choice in education.
• In 2007, I voted to give local school boards the authority to allow private schools to use public school buses (as is done in 27 other states).
• In 2003, I drafted, co-sponsored, and helped pass a law that requires the consent of parents when a minor daughter seeks an abortion in Virginia. This law was passed despite the objections of Governor Mark Warner.

As Virginia’s Attorney General
I will continue to defend the rights of parents to control the education and health care of their children.