Senate, Virginia

Virginia Senate approves first step to get abortion and marriage on 2026 ballot
The Virginia state Senate completed the first step to send a set of amendments on abortion and marriage before voters in next year’s elections. Lawmakers pushed forward a trio of amendments. The abortion amendment would enshrine a “fundamental right” to abortion,
Virginia Senate backs abortion, marriage, voting amendments to constitution
The votes followed an emotional floor debate on abortion — and an unusual parliamentary tussle over whether the Democratic leader had violated the chamber’s decorum,
Virginia lawmakers advance amendment that would allow third-trimester abortions
Lawmakers in Virginia have approved a constitutional amendment that would establish a right to abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy, taking the first step in their push to ensure that it goes before voters by the end of the decade.
Virginia Democrats pass constitutional amendments blasted by Republicans
The Democrat-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine the right to an abortion and to vote in the state's constitution.
Virginia Senate committee hears bills that would change elections, how people vote
The Virginia House and Senate each approved a constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to people convicted of felonies upon completion of their sentence. Lawmakers
Virginia Democrats pass abortion, voting rights constitutional amendments
Virginia’s Democratic-led Senate on Tuesday passed constitutional amendments on abortion and voting rights that were quickly lambasted by Republicans who could use the issues as the party tries to regain ground in November’s statewide elections.
Virginia House passes resolutions protecting abortion, voting rights, marriage equality
Lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates passed resolutions on Tuesday enshrining rights to abortion, voting and marriage equality in a critical step for Democrats hoping to amend the state’s constitution next year.
Virginia moves one step closer to passing progressive constitutional amendments
The Virginia Senate voted Tuesday to advance a trio of constitutional amendments to guarantee Virginians' right to abortion care, automatically restore voting rights to disenfranchised felons and remove an antiquated law banning same-sex marriage .
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Bishops slam effort to enshrine abortion in Virginia Constitution
"Through the Virginia Catholic Conference email advocacy network," Bishop Burbidge and Bishop Knestout said Jan. 21, ...
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US Government Abortion Website Shut Down
ReproductiveRights.gov, launched in 2022 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, went offline around the time of ...
Abortion Fight Continues in the States
This month, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced that the state will build up a supply of medications used in abortions.
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Contraception protections advance in Virginia amid renewed debate
With contraception rights under scrutiny nationwide, Virginia Democrats are doubling down on efforts to safeguard access, ...
Amid passionate debate, civil rights resolutions clear Virginia legislature
There were tears, yells and a call of “out of order” but by the end of the day Virginia’s Senate on Tuesday passed three ...
Opinion
Fairfax Times19hOpinion
VA Democrats vote to enshrine radical abortion policy
In 1984, a pregnant teen client told me she thought she couldn’t get pregnant because her boyfriend said, “his fallopian tubes were tied.” At least in 1984, I didn’t wonder ...
Virginia's reproductive rights amendment prompts mixed reactions from advocacy groups
After an abortion amendment passed in the Virginia Senate, ABC 13 is breaking down what this would mean for Virginia.
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Virginia bishop: IVF ‘contrary to justice,’ destroys many human lives
In a pastoral letter released on Wednesday, Burbidge acknowledged the “natural desire for family” as well as the challenges ...