Virginia Senate Republicans yesterday blocked an attempted repeal of the state’s law requiring pregnant women who seek an abortion to first undergo a mandatory ultrasound examination.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who earlier this year supported and signed a law requiring all pregnant women considering getting an abortion to undergo a mandatory ultrasound examination, thinks there’s was a gender gap in Tuesday’s election. Go figure.

It took two tries, but the National Zoo was able to coax female giant panda Mei Xiang out of her shelter today to submit to an ultrasound procedure to determine whether or not she is pregnant.

Aw, shucks. We were all set to monitor the live-tweeting of the National Zoo’s ultrasound of female giant panda Mei Xiang, who could possibly be pregnant. But alas.

Everyone knows that Republicans—like those in Virginia—are all about getting government out of peoples’ lives. Except when it comes to a woman’s right to choose, of course, something Virginia knows all too well.

After weeks of heated debate and the entry of the word “transvaginal” into the English lexicon, yesterday afternoon Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law a bill that will require women seeking an abortion to get an ultrasound beforehand.

Just days after he tossed his collar in the chase for a U.S. Senate seat, Hank the Cat became the target of a nasty smear advertisement authored by a mysterious political-action committee.

The Virginia Senate passed a controversial piece of legislation that requires women considering having an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound examination, all but ensuring Gov. Bob McDonnell will sign it into law.

A Virginia lawmaker in the middle of the debate over a bill requiring women considering getting an abortion to undergo an ultrasound is upset that coverage of the legislation is a turnoff in the bedroom.

Amidst a growing national outcry, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell reversed course on a bill that would require ultrasounds for women seeking abortions.