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Virginia Democrats advance efforts to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equality

  • Virginia Democrats are pushing for constitutional amendments to safeguard reproductive rights, making the state a potential leader in the South on this issue.
  • The House Privileges and Elections Committee advanced measures to protect same-sex marriage and revise voting rights restoration processes on a 16-5 bipartisan vote.
  • Democratic Delegate Cia Price stated that "urgent threats to our freedoms" make these legislative efforts crucial for constituents.
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Richmond Times-DispatchRichmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia Democrats advance amendments to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equality (copy)

The constitutional amendment would give every person "the fundamental right to reproductive freedom" and reduce the number of doctors required to sign off on a third-trimester abortion from three to

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Virginia MercuryVirginia Mercury

Va. House panel advances amendments on abortion rights, marriage equality and voting rights • Virginia Mercury

Committee Chair Del. Marcia Price, D-Newsport News, flanked by House Majority Leader Charniele Herring, D-Alexandria (left) and Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, D-Alexandria, at a news conference in Richmond on Nov. 13, 2024. (Markus Schmidt/Virginia Mercury) A Democratic-led House of Delegates panel on Wednesday advanced three proposed constitutional amendments, including a revised measure seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s highes…

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Virginia Democrats advance efforts to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equality

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats who control both chambers of the Virginia legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail,

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Virginia House advances constitutional amendments on abortion, marriage equality, felons’ voting rights

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- The Virginia House of Delegates' Privileges and Elections committee advanced three Democrat-led constitutional amendments on Wednesday. These proposed amendments would enshrine abortion access and marriage equality, as well as the automatic restoration of felons' voting rights, in the state's constitution. This initial step towards passage -- which would still be years away, given the complicated process involved in amen…

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Virginians one step closer to voting on abortion, voting rights, and gay marriage constitutional amendments

Virginia House committee advances three constitutional amendments on abortion, voting rights, and marriage equality. A Democratic-controlled Virginia House of Delegates committee advanced a resolution Wednesday to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution along with two other measures on voting rights and marriage equality.  The abortion rights constitutional amendment resolution introduced by Democrat Del. Charniele Herring would make …

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Dogwood broke the news in on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.
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