Morgan Griffith

The couple has three children. In 2007 Griffith voted against a bill in the Virginia General Assembly HB 2797 which stated: "That life begins at the moment of fertilization and the right to enjoyment of life guaranteed by Article 1 § 1 of the Constitution of Virginia is vested in each born and preborn human being from the moment of fertilization" This was the only bill introduced to the General Assembly during Griffith's tenure that would have affected the legality of first-term abortions on the principal of the fetal personhood as opposed to regulating abortion on other grounds. Death penalty
Griffith has voted consistently for expansions of the death penalty to include eligibility for accomplices to a murder as well as for those who murder a judge or a witness.

The district takes in a large swath of southwestern Virginia including the New River Valley. S. Representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district.