Virginia Senate backs abortion, marriage, voting amendments to constitution. The mostly party-line votes in Richmond’s upper chamber are just one step in a multiyear process.

Leaders on both sides of the abortion debate claim whoever wins the state Senate seat in Tuesday’s election will play an outsize role in shaping Virginia’s laws on the subject.

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 ...

The new epicenter of America’s fight over abortion rights is Henrico County, Virginia, where candidates in bellwether state elections this fall are staking out positions that could test how both ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — 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 ...

RICHMOND — For the last decade, Virginia has banned private plans on the state’s health insurance exchange from covering abortions in all but narrow circumstances. Virginia Senate repeals ban ...

All three amendments being pushed by Virginia Democrats were approved Tuesday by the state Senate, after being approved in the state House of Delegates last week. The abortion and felon voting ...

Virginia's Democratic nominee for governor is pulling a page out of her party's 2023 playbook and making abortion access a ...

RICHMOND — The Virginia Senate passed three resolutions Tuesday to enshrine abortion rights, same-sex marriage and the automatic restoration of felon voting rights in the Virginia Constitution ...

RICHMOND — The Virginia Senate passed three resolutions Tuesday to enshrine abortion rights, same-sex marriage and the automatic restoration of felon voting rights in the Virginia Constitution ...