Dear Virginia Women: Run, Don't Walk, Away From Abigail Spanberger
The Democrat has rejected every opportunity to defend women and girls from those threatening their rights.
In her bid to secure the Virginia governor's mansion, Democrat Abigail Spanberger has portrayed herself as a moderate defender of women's rights. Her record tells a different story.
It's true that the former congresswoman has devoted much energy to advocating for certain unconstitutional female "rights." For instance, she has been vocal in her support for creating a right to contraception—a law that would violate the religious freedoms of faith-based organizations over something that is already widely accessible and affordable.
But when it comes to protecting women's safety and ensuring they have equal opportunities in education and sports, Spanberger's pro-woman advocacy comes to a screeching halt.
In 2021, Spanberger co-sponsored legislation that sought to establish "gender identity" as a federally protected class—a move that would have allowed schools to force female students to share intimate spaces with males, including public restrooms, locker rooms, and dormitories.
Although that bill never became law, Spanberger seized the opportunity to double down on her stance a year later, when she slammed Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's September 2022 order requiring schools to maintain sex-segregated facilities and athletics programs and respect parents' rights concerning their child's sexual development.
A month later, she campaigned alongside then-state Del. Elizabeth Guzman, a Democrat who put forward legislation to jail mothers (and fathers) who prefer to raise their sex-confused children according to their biological sex.Spanberger's assault on the rights of women continued in 2023, when she voted against the Parents Bill of Rights Act, which sought to protect a mother's right to know if her child is presenting as the opposite sex at school or if her daughter is competing against and sharing intimate spaces with boys.
She also voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would have barred schools from allowing biologically male students to compete against female athletes.
Both bills passed the House anyway, no thanks to Spanberger, but never went anywhere in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
Notably, Spanberger makes no mention of any of those positions on her campaign website. And why would she when they cost Democrats dearly last November?
No, the best option for her now is to rebrand herself as a moderate and focus on the economy—but her own record and past statements betray her as an ideological extremist.
She touts herself as a "stalwart supporter of LGBTQ rights," but what about the right of women and girls to use the restroom without the risk of being sexually assaulted? Or their right to a fair playing field in sports?
Unfortunately for women, defending those rights just isn't politically expedient anymore for far-leftists like Spanberger. Doing so would risk angering another key Democrat voting bloc—one far more likely to make a scene than a bunch of suburban housewives.
Oh, your daughter was raped in the bathroom by a guy in a dress? That's unfortunate. But did she use the rapist's preferred pronouns?
That is now the mindset of the Democratic Party. And make no mistake, it will be the mindset of the Virginia governor too, if voters gift Spanberger that office.
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