Virginia Legislature Moves to Liberalize Abortion Laws

Exactly one year ago, Virginia’s General Assembly made the news after Democratic representative Kathy Tran introduced a bill to remove state restrictions on abortion in the last three months of pregnancy. Though all of its provisions were plenty extreme, the bill’s text wasn’t what drew attention — it was Tran’s comments about the legislation during a hearing.Here’s part of the exchange between Tran and Republican representative Todd Gilbert, who was majority