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Campaign positions

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Elaine G. Luria

Her plan says the decision belongs to a woman, her doctor and her faith, that in Congress she voted to codify Roe v. Wade and to protect the right to travel for abortion services, and that she will keep working to write the right to choose into federal law.

Elaine Luria for Congress

Jen A. Kiggans

Her campaign says she believes abortion laws should be set at the state level and opposes what it calls radical policies allowing abortion up to the moment of birth, that she has advocated for women to choose life while respecting exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, and that she has supported expanding access to contraception and protecting access to in vitro fertilization.

Kiggans for Congress

Geral D. "Bishop" Staten

No stated position on reproductive rights. The Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey he submitted on December 4, 2025 does not mention abortion or reproductive health care. He has no campaign website, and nothing else the desk could read — his Facebook profile and the ten reels on it, opened in a signed-in browser on September 13, 2026 — states a policy position on any subject. The search is bounded and unfinished, and the page it has not reached is the Virginia Mercury's voter guide for this contest, which is where a reader would most expect his answers; the source notes below record what was read, what was not, and why.

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J. Matt Baker

His platform says a woman has a right to choose, that the question is settled for him, and that he will neither relitigate nor hedge it, adding that he hopes she chooses life and that the decision belongs to the woman rather than to government.

Matt Baker for Congress Matt Baker for Congress

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