CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The General Assembly will convene in January, and some state lawmakers are already proposing legislation to discuss, including state Senator Amanda Chase of the 11th District.

“This legislation is the same legislation that conservative Congressman Bob Good has introduced in Congress,”  said Chase about her proposed abortion ban. "This coming January 2023 in the Senate of Virginia, I will be introducing in the Senate of Virginia the Life Begins at Conception Act.”

She posted about this on social media over the weekend. 

Democrats in Central Virginia are now weighing in. 

“I’m disappointed but not surprised," said state Senator Creigh Deeds, 25th District. "In the Senate, Virginia abortion-related bills go to usually to one of two committees. If they have some criminal aspect, they’ll go to the Judiciary Committee, and if it goes to the Judiciary Committee, it will be killed this bill. Otherwise, if it doesn’t have a criminal penalty, it’ll go to the Education and Health Committee and the Education and Health Committee, I don’t expect it to pass either.”

“Virginians overwhelmingly support protecting women's rights in making their own pregnancy decisions, so Senator Chase's proposal is extreme and unpopular, but we still have to take it seriously,” said Delegate Sally Hudson, 57th District.

Hudson says abortion rights are always on the ballots in Virginia.

“Every member of the General Assembly will be running for election next year in the House and the Senate, and if Virginians want to continue to keep abortions safe and legal here, then we’ve got to send reproductive rights champions back to Richmond,” she said. 

“The one thing that’s very much agreed upon in Virginia today is that we want fewer abortions not more,” said Governor Glenn Youngkin.

In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Center case, which sends abortion issues back to the states, Youngkin said he’s in favor of states taking back control. He also supports a 15-week abortion ban. 

“And I think this is a chance over the next five months for a bipartisan group of legislators to craft a path there and give me a bill that I can sign,” Youngkin added.

Looking forward to the upcoming midterm elections on Nov. 8, Hudson says abortion rights should be at the forefront of everyone’s mind even on a national level.  

“The governor's statement shows that he’s hoping that extremist legislators like Senator Chase will do the hard part for him and put forward the legislation that he’s not quite ready to stand publicly behind, but I think we have to take him at his word,” she said.