In the wake of last week’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates is going several steps further and actually require some educators to carry guns.

It looks like Virginia Republicans are shying away from debating a proposed bill that would grant fetuses in the commonwealth the same rights as people.

Some residents of Georgetown are feeling smothered. Not by air pollution or construction or stress, but by the cyclists and runners who sometimes go through their neighborhood during races.

A Virginia bill that would have declared that life starts at conception was sent back to committee by the commonwealth’s Senate today, most likely putting any further consideration off until the 2013 legislative session.

A day after Gov. Bob McDonnell and Virginia Republicans amended a controversial ultrasound bill by removing a requirement for an invasive probe for women seeking an abortion, the Virginia Senate prepares to vote on legislation that would define life as starting at conception.

On Saturday Night Live this past weekend, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers riffed on the “fetal personhood” bill moving through the Virginia legislature. Last night, the bill’s sponsor responded. And he’s seen Baby Mama.

A law passed by the Virginia House of Delegates this week that would grant the same rights to a fertilized egg as to a person is provoking both silly and serious concerns over its unintended consequences.