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Causes: Civil Rights, Reproductive Rights
Mission: To develop and sustain a constituency that uses the political process to guarantee every woman the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children and choosing legal abortion.
Programs: Naral virginia is a state-level, grassroots advocacy and political organization supported by thousands of members, volunteers, and activists throughout the commonwealth. Naral virginia is building political power for pro-choice virginians and working to ensure every virginia woman can make the personal reproductive decisions that are best for herself and her family, without stigma or political interference. Naral virginia is committed to educate, advocate, organize, and elect. Educate - naral virginia keeps virginia's public, policymakers, and media informed on the state of reproductive rights and health care in the commonwealth and up-to-date on policy developments and news. Advocate - naral virginia is the voice of pro-choice virginians with state and local policymakers, advocating in richmond and around virginia to protect and support access to abortion, birth control, sex education, and the full range of reproductive health care. Organize - naral virginia's network of grassroots activists and volunteers across virginia take action to stand up for reproductive rights, educate their friends and neighbors, and make their voices heard with policymakers and the media. Elect - to change the balance for reproductive choice in virginia, naral virginia works to hold anti-choice politicians accountable and elect more lawmakers who share naral virginia's values. Naral virginia identifies and supports strong pro-choice candidates for state office in virginia and works to get out the pro-choice vote.