Abortion

Virginia is now an outlier, the lone state in the South that protects abortion rights. And so, as neighboring states start implementing new restrictions, the Commonwealth is expected to become a destination for abortions.

House Democrats don't have the votes to change the rules. But that's not stopping them from forcing a vote on changing the rules to get a vote on a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights.

Abortion-rights opponents gather every year here at Capitol Square, but this year’s different. The Supreme Court has taken away the constitutionally protected right to the procedure and now advocates are hopeful they can erode abortion rights in Virginia.

Governor Glenn Youngkin campaigned on a platform of limiting abortions with a 15-week ban. But Democrats in the Senate are rejecting any new restrictions.

Both sides in the abortion debate will tell you that polling shows the public is on their side.

The only abortion clinic in Bristol, Virginia is being sued by its landlords. According to a lawsuit filed in circuit court last month, property owners Chase and Chadwick King of Kilo Delta LLC claim they weren’t aware abortions would be performed on the property when they agreed to rent to Bristol Women’s Health. According to the suit, the landlords want to stop the lease immediately.

Local officials may try to limit the availability of these services. The city still has one small abortion clinic.

Virginians overwhelmingly want abortion to be legal in most or all cases, according to a new poll from Christopher Newport University's Wason Center for Civic Leadership. But dig a little deeper into the results, and there's an interesting twist.

The number of abortions performed in Virginia had been trending down. But there have been some recent upticks.

Abortion is now illegal in at least one of Virginia’s bordering states, and more could follow. That means more women might need to make a potentially costly trip to Virginia for care.