The day after last week’s historic pro-life victory in the General Assembly (see Richmond Times-Dispatch), Planned Parenthood and its abortion industry allies rallied in Richmond to decry the government’s “attack on women.” Those senators who voted in favor of abortion … Read more>

We’ve just added Flickr to our network of Internet sites. We hope you take time to visit our page there, bookmark it, and return to it from time to time. Our first presentation is a slide show of General Assembly highlights created out of freeze … Read more>

Click here to read the transcript of the online interview Family Foundation Vice President of Policy and Communications Chris Freund participated in earlier today with The Shad Plank blog on the big abortion center licensing vote yesterday. The Virginia Senate, yesterday, passed a … Read more>

At 11:00 at The Shad Plank blog, The Family Foundation’s very own VP for Policy and Communications, Chris Freund, will participate in a live blog interview about yesterday’s historic vote to regulate abortion centers, which will include a representative from … Read more>

After a long and passionate Senate floor debate that spanned a few hours over two days, the Virginia Senate voted 20-20 this afternoon to direct the Department of Health to promulgate regulations for abortion centers. After a brief pause for … Read more>

We’ll have more later, but within the last 30 seconds, after about 90 minutes of debate, the Virginia Senate voted 20-20 on SB 924, as amended by the House, to direct the Board of Health to promulgate regulations for abortion … Read more>

The debate on SB 924, which, as amended, would mandate the Board of Health to regulate abortion centers, has spurred contentious debate on the Senate floor, and the chamber has passed the bill by temporarily. Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw … Read more>

It’s never easy to negotiate a straight road through the General Assembly. This year, even as many issues long ago were decided, a stunning development has presented us a monumental last minute vote — but even that’s been pushed back a … Read more>

A couple of hours ago, the Virginia Senate passed by a 35-5 vote, a proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution that would protect private property rights and curb the government’s power of eminent domain. Don’t be deceived by the vote. Often, … Read more>

The Virginia Senate vote to protect property rights from the government’s overwhelming power of eminent domain again was put off today. One reason given was a senator’s absence due to attendance at a funeral, but no one doubts negotiations continue, especially … Read more>