Abortion policy could see more changes across the U.S. as President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term and state legislative sessions get rolling.

Lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates passed resolutions on Tuesday enshrining rights to abortion, voting and marriage equality in a critical step for Democrats hoping to amend the state’s constitution next year.

The Virginia House of Delegates passed three state constitutional amendments Tuesday that would enshrine in state law reproductive rights, same-sex marriage and automatic restoration of voting

The House also backed proposed amendments on restoration of rights for felons who have served their time and to remove moot language barring same-sex marriage.

The amendment would ensure a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom,” protecting abortion in the first two trimesters and in the third trimester with some restrictions.

Besides felon rights restoration, the House also took up constitutional amendments to protect same-sex marriage and the right to an abortion. Virginia is the only state that permanently ...

To reach voters, the resolutions — which do not require Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s signature — must pass both chambers this year and again next year before appearing on statewide ballots in November 2026.

It’s not easy to amend Virginia’s constitution, but Democrats in the House of Delegates took the first step to amend it three times Tuesday.

The president on Friday proclaimed that the ERA — a measure abortion advocates have said could help legalize abortion nationwide — is “the law of the land.”

You can expect that reproductive rights will be a ballot issue in the 2025 Virginia elections, and to that end, we have House Democrats pushing forward two pieces of legislation that will put the issue front and center with voters.

Republicans are ramping up opposition to Democrat-led efforts to protect abortion and contraception access, claiming the proposals undermine parental rights in minors’ healthcare decisions. As these measures advance in the legislature,