Youngkin orders probe into Fairfax County faculty for allegations of staff-arranged abortions

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin , a Republican, has directed state police to open a legal investigation into allegations that workers at a Fairfax County faculty organized abortions for college students with out parental consent, probably utilizing public cash.

Officers at Centreville Excessive College allegedly organized and bankrolled abortions for ladies in 2021, together with a 17-year-old, with out notifying their mother and father.

College directors might have identified the staff-arranged abortions had been occurring, and faculty funding might have been used, which may embrace native, state and federal funds, based on studies.

"I'm deeply involved with the allegations that Fairfax County Public Faculties officers organized for minors to get abortions with out parental consent and should have misused public funds to pay for them," Youngkin mentioned in an announcement on Wednesday.

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has directed state police to probe claims that workers at a Fairfax County faculty organized abortions for college students with out parental consent. (Samuel Corum/Getty Photos)

"I'm directing the Virginia State Police Bureau of Felony Investigation to open a full legal investigation into the matter instantly," he added.

The varsity system, Fairfax County Public Faculties, mentioned an investigation was launched after it realized of the allegations at Centreville High School .

"We now have critical questions on these allegations that have to be answered," FCPS mentioned in a earlier assertion to Fox Information Digital. "At no time would the state of affairs as described in these allegations from again in 2021 be acceptable in Fairfax County Public Faculties."

Officers at Centreville Excessive College allegedly organized and bankrolled abortions for ladies in 2021. (Google Earth)

"We now have taken instant motion partaking an exterior investigator to get the details," the district added. "All of us need to know precisely what occurred. We'll take acceptable motion as crucial."

Requested earlier this month about whether or not FCPS workers have ever arranged abortions for college students, together with on this case, the district advised WJLA it was not conscious of any cases.

"To not [our] information. We now have launched an instantaneous investigation into these considerations as quickly as we had been made conscious," the district advised the outlet.

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Fairfax County Public Faculties mentioned an investigation was launched after it realized of the allegations at Centreville Excessive College. (AP Photograph/Matthew Barakat, File)

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FCPS coverage states that "each effort shall be made to encourage and assist college students suspecting pregnancy to debate their considerations with their mother and father or guardians." Nevertheless, it doesn't say FCPS workers ought to inform mother and father about these conversations.

Professional-life teams have condemned the "secretly organized" abortions for college students at Centreville Excessive College.

"A Fairfax highschool secretly organized and paid for scholar abortions—with out telling mother and father," 40 Days for Life wrote on X. "This isn’t 'healthcare.' It’s state-funded youngster exploitation. Each official concerned have to be held accountable."