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 ...

For those on either side of the debate, Virginia — where all state House and Senate seats are up for election and early voting begins Friday — is among the biggest fights this year over ...

Aaron Rouse, a Democratic candidate for the Virginia Senate, has aired a TV ad saying his opponent, Republican Kevin Adams, "wants to end abortion." Rouse's ad offers no citation for its claim or ...

Virginians shopping online at Walmart may have noticed a new pop-up warning them about how their reproductive health data is ...

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.

A bill proposed in the West Virginia Senate aims to prohibit the sale or use of medication used for abortions.Senate Bill 85 states that physicians and pharmac ...

Senate parliamentarian OKs provision blocking Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers for one year ...

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 ...