Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, has directed state police to open a criminal investigation into allegations that staff at a Fairfax County school arranged abortions for students without parental consent, potentially using public money.
Officials at Centreville High School allegedly arranged and bankrolled abortions for girls in 2021, including a 17-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 allegations that Fairfax County Public Schools officials arranged for minors to get abortions without parental consent and may have misused public funds to pay for them, » Youngkin said in a statement on Wednesday.
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« I am directing the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation to open a full criminal investigation into the matter immediately, » he added.
The school system, Fairfax County Public Schools, said an investigation was launched after it learned of the allegations at Centreville High School.
« We have serious questions about these allegations that must be answered, » FCPS said in a previous statement to Fox News Digital. « At no time would the situation as described in these allegations from back in 2021 be acceptable in Fairfax County Public 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. »
Asked earlier this month about whether FCPS staff have ever arranged abortions for students, including in this case, the district told WJLA it was not aware of any instances.
« Not to [our] knowledge. We have launched an immediate investigation into these concerns as soon as we were made aware, » the district told the outlet.
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FCPS policy states that « every effort shall be made to encourage and support 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 student abortions—without telling parents, » 40 Days for Life wrote on X. « This isn’t ‘healthcare.’ It’s state-funded child exploitation. Every official involved must be held accountable. »
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