Virginia state Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant (R), a practicing obstetrician facing a tough re-election battle post Roe and redistricting, launches ad detailing nuanced stance on abortion.
A practicing obstetrician-gynecologist running under the slogan “Dunnavant delivers,” Dunnavant is targeting
Her policy plan, introduced in the ad and fleshed out in an interview with The Washington Post last week, is significantly more restrictive than current Virginia law but defies easy comparisons to the antiabortion legislation that her fellow Republicans have recently proposed in the state — more permissive in some aspects, less so in others.“This is a really hard subject,” Dunnavant told The Post. “I feel compelled based on my life experience to step forward and … find common ground.
The tone of the spot — from the soft music playing in the background to the use of “conversation” rather than “debate” — seems intended to cool the heated emotions the topic typically triggers. As Dunnavant goes on to spell out her position, she says nothing about “banning” the procedure but allowing it to “remain legal up to 15 weeks.”Abortion is lawful in Virginia during the first and second trimesters of a pregnancy, through about 26 weeks.
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