In Virginia, Democrats pushed forward resolutions in the House of Delegates aimed at getting measures on abortion, marriage, and felon voting on the ballot in 2026.
Democrats, who hold a narrow 51-49 majority in the state House, passed the trio of resolutions Tuesday, but the bills will need to be passed in the Senate and again in both chambers next year before being placed on the ballot in 2026.
The proposed abortion amendment would establish a “fundamental right” to abortion, restricting the government from making laws barring an abortion before the third trimester. It would also permit abortion in the third trimester to “protect the life or physical or mental health” of the mother.
The measure passed in the House, 51-48, on a party-line vote, with Republican delegates warning the measure would allow for “abortion up to 40 weeks with no meaningful restrictions”…
