https://rvanews.com All the news, none of that gross newsprint feel Tue, 10 Nov 2020 02:23:10 +0000 en-US https://rvanews.com/news/senate-votes-to-delay-action-on-personhood-bill/56992?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS+Readership Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:56:03 +0000 RVANews staff http://rvanews.com/?p=56992 <p style = "text-align:center"></p><p>Today the Virginia Senate re-referred controversial bill <a href="http://www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2012/hb1/">HB 1</a>, the so-called “personhood” bill that would give fertilized eggs the rights of people, to committee and essentially killing the bill for this legislative session.</p><p>Earlier today, the bill made its way out of the Education and Health Committee in an 8-7 vote. When put to the full Senate, however, the bill received a 24-14 vote for it to be sent back to committee and carried over into the 2013 legislative session.</p><h2>Related</h2><ul><li><a href="http://rvanews.com/news/gov-mcdonnell-formerly-asks-for-controversial-bill-to-not-require-invasive-ultrasound/56945">Gov. McDonnell formally asks for controversial bill to not require invasive ultrasound;RVANews</a></li><li><a href="http://rvanews.com/news/over-1000-protest-womens-rights-outside-of-capitol-today/56879" target="_blank">Over 1,000 protest for women’s rights outside of Capitol today; RVANews</a></li></ul><p><small>stock photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewbain/" target="_blank">taberandrew</a></small></p><p><br />Ho there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rvanews">support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month</a>!</p>