Lawmakers in Virginia have approved a constitutional amendment that would establish a right to abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy, taking the first step in their push to ensure that it goes before voters by the end of the decade.

The votes on these measures this past week are the first step to enshrining the measures in the state constitution.

Three amendments are one step closer in a long journey to being enshrined in the Virginia Constitution after passing the Senate on Tuesday. The Senate paved the way to enshrine abortion, marriage equality,

The Democrat-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine the right to an abortion and to vote in the state's constitution