Youngkin orders investigation into claims staff at Virginia school arranged abortions without parental consent

Virginia Gov Glenn Youngkin a Republican has directed state police to open a criminal inquiry into charges that staff at a Fairfax County school arranged abortions for students without parental consent potentially using society money Authorities at Centreville High School allegedly arranged and bankrolled abortions for girls in including a -year-old without notifying their parents School administrators may have known the staff-arranged abortions were happening and school funding may have been used which could include local state and federal funds according to reports I am deeply concerned with the charges that Fairfax County Citizens Schools bureaucrats arranged for minors to get abortions without parental consent and may have misused citizens funds to pay for them Youngkin announced in a report on Wednesday VIRGINIA SCHOOL SYSTEM SCRUTINIZING INDICATES STAFF ARRANGED STUDENTS' ABORTIONS WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT I am directing the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Examination to open a full criminal inspection into the matter at once he added The school system Fairfax County Citizens Schools reported an inspection was launched after it learned of the statements at Centreville High School We have serious questions about these claims that must be answered FCPS declared in a previous declaration to Fox News Digital At no time would the situation as described in these assertions from back in be acceptable in Fairfax County Inhabitants Schools We have taken immediate action engaging an external investigator to get the facts the district added We all deserve to know exactly what happened We will take appropriate action as necessary Inquired earlier this month about whether FCPS staff have ever arranged abortions for students including in this scenario the district communicated WJLA it was not aware of any instances Not to our knowledge We have launched an immediate study into these concerns as soon as we were made aware the district stated the outlet POPULATION SCHOOL FACILITATOR REVEALS YEARS-LONG EFFORT TO EXPOSE ALLEGED ASPIRANT ABORTION SCANDALFCPS framework states that every effort shall be made to encourage and promotion students suspecting pregnancy to discuss their concerns with their parents or guardians However it does not say FCPS employees should inform parents about those conversations Pro-life groups have condemned the secretly arranged abortions for students at Centreville High School A Fairfax high school secretly arranged and paid for apprentice abortions without telling parents Days for Life wrote on X This isn t 'healthcare ' It s state-funded child exploitation Every official involved must be held accountable