弗吉尼亚州堕胎权修宪案遭法律挑战 反对者要求暂缓认证投票结果
弗吉尼亚州里士满市 — 弗吉尼亚州选民日前以超过60%的支持率通过一项新的州宪法修正案，保障堕胎权利，但反对者11月9日发起法律挑战，要求暂缓认证这一投票结果。
据 WHRO 报道，家庭基金会负责人 Victoria Cobb 参与了这项行动。她认为修正案的表述具有误导性：摘要称修正案通过后仍可进一步限制晚期妊娠堕胎，却未说明现行晚期妊娠堕胎限制将被取消；她还指出，法律要求修正案文本在选举前90天张贴于法院，而这一程序并未落实。
法律专家 Rich Kelsey 表示，诉讼在表述问题上胜算不大，但程序问题更有可能获得法院支持。塔兹韦尔县一名法官将于11月晚些时候审理双方论点，决定这项公投是否应获认证、修正案是否列入弗吉尼亚州宪法。
Legal Challenge Seeks to Block Certification of Virginia's New Abortion-Rights Constitutional Amendment
RICHMOND, Virginia — Virginia voters approved a new state constitutional amendment guaranteeing a right to abortion with more than 60 percent support, but opponents launched a legal challenge on November 9 seeking to block certification of the vote.
According to WHRO, Victoria Cobb of the Family Foundation is part of the effort. She says the amendment's language is misleading: the summary says third-trimester abortion can be further restricted after affirmation, while remaining silent on the fact that current third-trimester restrictions would be removed. She also says the law required the amendment's text to be posted at courthouses 90 days before the election, which did not happen.
Legal expert Rich Kelsey said the lawsuit is unlikely to succeed on the language question, but the procedural claim is more likely to prevail. A judge in Tazewell County will consider the arguments later this month and decide whether the referendum should be certified and the amendment added to Virginia's constitution.
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