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- Virginia is a critical Southern battleground in the fight over abortion policy ahead of 2024.
- Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to enact a 15-week abortion ban, calling it "reasonable."
- Democrats are pushing back, arguing that such a ban is a slippery slope to more restrictions.
In Virginia, there's little dispute that abortion is on the ballot.
The November legislative races in the Commonwealth are the first election cycle since last year's overturn of Roe v. Wade where every seat in both chambers — 100 seats in the state House of Delegates and 40 seats in the state Senate — are up for grabs.