The state Senate also backed proposed amendments to repeal the ban on same-sex marriage in the state constitution and to automatically restore voting rights to felons who served their terms.

The votes followed an emotional floor debate on abortion — and an unusual parliamentary tussle over whether the Democratic ...

The Democratic-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine the right to an abortion and to vote in the state's constitution.

The resolutions, presented by Democrats, would protect abortion and other reproductive healthcare access ... his concurring opinion when the court overturned Roe v. Wade. Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-Alexandria ...

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 resolutions aimed at enshrining certain civil rights into the state’s ...