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 leader had violated the chamber’s decorum,

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

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — 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 .

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 constitution.

Virginia Democrats advanced a proposal to enshrine abortion as a right in the state constitution earlier this week. The amendment would ensure a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom ...

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Last fall, Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek announced the state had stockpiled a three-year supply of the abortion pill mifepristone ahead of President-elect Trump’s return to the White House.

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