What it does: Removes the obsolete language from the Virginia Constitution that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman, and affirmatively establishes that two adults may marry regardless of sex, gender, or race.

It also requires Virginia and its local governments to recognize and treat lawful marriages equally.

It would put a constitutional right to make personal decisions about reproductive health care into the Virginia Constitution, including:

• contraception

• pregnancy and prenatal care

• childbirth

• postpartum care

• miscarriage management

• abortion

• fertility care

It would also protect patients and health-care professionals from being punished for making or providing those decisions.

There is a specific abortion limitation: the proposed amendment permits the legislature to restrict abortion in the third trimester, except when the patient’s health is at risk or the pregnancy cannot survive.

Currently, Virginia’s Constitution makes felony convictions a basis for loss of voting rights, with restoration handled through the state’s restoration process. The amendment would instead establish automatic restoration of voting rights upon release from incarceration for the felony conviction.

It does not mean someone currently incarcerated for a felony could vote. The proposed change concerns what happens after release from incarceration.