Democrats, Republicans release dueling abortion ads in high-stakes Virginia elections
Democrats and Republicans release dueling ads discussing abortion ahead of high-stakes Virginia elections. Democrats and Republicans in the state are ramping up their attacks ahead of high stakes state-wide elections in Virginia, releasing dueling ads about abortion -- a hot-button issues at the center of nearly every race in both the GOP-led state House and the Democratic-controlled state Senate. Last week, Virginia Republicans ran an ad titled "No Limits" accusing Democrats of fighting to make late-term abortion s "the rule and not the exception," while Democrats release d a number of ads across the state this week warning Republicans would ban abortion if they take full control of the General Assembly. Virginia is currently the southernmost state that hasn't banned or restricted abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Political science experts told ABC News that while Republicans in the state refrained from campaigning on the issue of aborti...