Starting in 1883, Old Dominion was under one-party Democratic rule for nearly a century. Now, Democrats are back in power, along with their radical, left-wing agenda. Just days after Abigail Spanberger (D) took office as governor, unborn children, immigration law, and the Second Amendment have all fallen under attack.

Last week, the Virginia state Senate approved a measure advancing a ballot proposal to Virginia voters in November. If adopted, the proposal would amend the state’s constitution to enumerate a “right” to abortion. “That every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom, including the ability to make and carry out decisions relating to one's own prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, abortion care, miscarriage management, and fertility care,” the text of the proposed amendment reads. “An individual's right to reproductive freedom shall not be, directly or indirectly, denied, burdened, or infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”

The abortion amendment has been endorsed by Spanberger, who was sworn into office on Saturday, as well as state senators Jennifer Boysko (D), Barbara Favola (D), Scott Surovell (D), state delegates Nadarius Clark (D), Joshua Cole (D), Michael Feggans (D), Phil Hernandez (D), Charniele Herring (D), Michael Jones (D), Joshua Thomas (D), Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, and Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL). It has been opposed by state senators Tara Durant (R), Todd Gilbert (R), Ryan McDougle (R), and Mark Peake (R), State Del. Delores Oates (R), former Lieutenant Governor Earle Winsome-Sears, who ran against Spanberger for the governorship, Heritage Action for America, the Family Foundation of Virginia, and the Virginia Catholic Conference, representing the state’s Catholic bishops.

Bishops Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington and Barry Knestout of the Diocese of Richmond issued a statement Friday condemning the proposed constitutional amendment. “For the second straight year, the General Assembly has passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would add an extreme and deadly ‘fundamental right’ to abortion to Virginia’s Constitution,” they wrote, noting that elected Democrats fast-tracked the legislation to ensure that it was approved within the first three days of the legislature’s new session.

“The extreme abortion amendment, which will proceed to a referendum for voters to decide later this year, would go far beyond even what Roe v. Wade previously allowed. It would enshrine virtually unlimited abortion at any stage of pregnancy, with no age restriction,” the bishops warned. “Among numerous other problems, it would severely jeopardize Virginia’s parental consent law, health and safety standards for women, conscience protections for healthcare providers, and restrictions on taxpayer-funded abortions. Most tragically of all, the extreme abortion amendment provides no protections whatsoever for preborn children.”

Virginia’s Democrat-controlled legislature will also propose a ballot measure to grant its federal counterparts more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. At present, Virginia’s congressional maps are drawn by a non-partisan committee, but the new legislation approved by Virginia’s House of Delegates on Wednesday and the Senate on Friday would allow the legislature to draw congressional maps for the remainder of the decade.

Five Republicans and six Democrats currently represent Virginians in the U.S. House of Representatives, where Republicans have a narrow majority of only 218 seats to Democrats’ 215, with four seats vacant. Old Dominion Democrats are eyeing taking up to four House seats from Republicans. “This is just the most recent example of Democrats’ multi-decade campaign to gerrymander in every state where they gain power,” said Republican National Committee (RNC) Press Secretary Kiersten Pels. “This is exactly why red states are fighting back to level the playing field after years of states like Illinois, New York, and California drawing their districts to disenfranchise Republicans.”

According to the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), a bevy of bills restricting Second Amendment rights has also been introduced in the General Assembly. HB 919 would impose an 11% tax on the sale of all firearms and ammunition, while HB 1094 would impose a separate 11% tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition. HB 901 would adjust the state’s “red flag” laws to expand the eligibility criteria for individuals to file a petition for an emergency substantial risk order to bar individuals, even those never convicted of a crime, from possessing firearms. NRA-ILA classified the bills as an “assault on your Second Amendment rights” and charged Virginia Democrats with being involved “in an aggressive push to restrict the rights of law-abiding Virginians.”

Spanberger also spent her first day as governor signing executive orders. Among the first she signed was an order barring Virginia law enforcement personnel from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in enforcing federal immigration law. “This Executive Order rescinds Executive Order 47. State and local law enforcement should not be required to divert their limited resources to enforce federal civil immigration laws,” the new governor stated, referring to Republican former Governor Glenn Youngkin’s decision to allow ICE agents to make arrests in Virginia jails and prisons. “It is a responsibility of federal law enforcement,” Spanberger claimed. “Virginia state and local enforcement officers must be able to focus on their core responsibilities, investigating crime and community policing.”

In an interview prior to last year’s election, Spanberger pledged to repeal Youngkin’s policy in an effort to thwart President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement operations. “I would rescind his executive order, yes,” the then-candidate confirmed. “The idea that we would take local police officers or local sheriff’s deputies in amid all the things that they have to do, like community policing or staffing our jails or investigating real crimes, so that they can go and tear families apart … that is a misuse of those resources.”