Va. Senate approves abortion ultrasound requirement

Richmond Times Dispatch: “The Virginia Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would require a woman seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound, virtually assuring the measure will become state law…

The vote on the legislation, Senate Bill 484, was 21-18 in the 40-member chamber. Nineteen of the 20 Republicans and two Democrats — Sens. Charles J. Colgan of Prince William County and Phillip P. Puckett of Russell County — voted for the bill.”