The Virginia state Senate completed the first step to send a set of amendments on abortion and marriage before voters in next year’s elections.

Lawmakers pushed forward a trio of amendments. The abortion amendment would enshrine a “fundamental right” to abortion, restricting the government from making laws barring an abortion before the third trimester, but would also permit abortion in the third trimester to “protect the life or physical or mental health” of the mother. The marriage amendment would repeal a defunct provision that stated it to be between a man and a woman, while the other amendment would restore voting rights for felons once they have served their sentences.

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