{"id":2474356,"date":"2025-08-13T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-probes-alleged-school-abortion-funding-scandal\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T16:17:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:17:24","slug":"youngkin-probes-alleged-school-abortion-funding-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-probes-alleged-school-abortion-funding-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngkin Probes Alleged School Abortion-Funding Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyoungkin-probes-alleged-school-abortion-funding-scandal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2474356&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered a criminal inquiry into allegations that staff at fairfax County&#8217;s Centreville High School arranged and funded abortions for minor students without parental consent. According to a press release, Youngkin directed the Virginia State Police to probe claims that school officials organized and paid for two abortions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-city-attorney-calls-out-teachers-unions-vaccine-demands-unlawful\/\" title=\"SF City Attorney Calls Out Teachers\u2019 Union\u2019s Vaccine Demands: \u2018Un...ful\u2019\">violating state law<\/a> which requires parental notification before a minor undergoes an abortion unless a judge grants a bypass. The investigation follows a report revealing that a social worker reportedly scheduled the procedures, covered clinic fees, and kept the acts secret from parents. One of the minors involved was 17 at the time of the abortion, making the concealment a clear violation of the law. The report also details a second student who was pressured but ultimately did not go through with an abortion. Fairfax County Public Schools have stated they are investigating the allegations.This controversy adds to previous issues faced by the school district, including violations of Title IX related to allowing boys in girls&#8217; restrooms and a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal civil rights complaint<\/a> concerning racial discrimination policies.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Glenn_Youngkin_at_Faith_and_Freedom_Coalition_(2025-06-27)_06.jpg\">Kaitlyn DeHarde, Office of Governor Glenn Youngkin\/Wikimedia Commons\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/deed.en\">CC BY 4.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/13\/youngkin-orders-criminal-probe-into-virginia-schools-alleged-abortion-funding-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Youngkin%20Orders%20Criminal%20Probe%20Into%20Virginia%20School%E2%80%99s%20Alleged%20Abortion-Funding%20Scandal&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/13\/youngkin-orders-criminal-probe-into-virginia-schools-alleged-abortion-funding-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Youngkin%20Orders%20Criminal%20Probe%20Into%20Virginia%20School%E2%80%99s%20Alleged%20Abortion-Funding%20Scandal&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/13\/youngkin-orders-criminal-probe-into-virginia-schools-alleged-abortion-funding-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/13\/youngkin-orders-criminal-probe-into-virginia-schools-alleged-abortion-funding-scandal\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Youngkin%20Orders%20Criminal%20Probe%20Into%20Virginia%20School%E2%80%99s%20Alleged%20Abortion-Funding%20Scandal&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/13\/youngkin-orders-criminal-probe-into-virginia-schools-alleged-abortion-funding-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has ordered a criminal investigation into allegations that public school staff arranged and paid for students&rsquo; abortions, the Republican governor announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/2025\/august\/name-1054950-en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">office press release<\/a>, Youngkin has directed the Virginia State Police to launch a criminal probe into claims of &ldquo;school-funded abortions in Fairfax County&rdquo; following allegations that officials at the county&rsquo;s Centreville High School organized and provided funds for two minor female students to get abortions &ldquo;without parental consent.&rdquo; State law &ldquo;requires that at least&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/title16.1\/chapter11\/section16.1-241\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one&nbsp;parent&nbsp;be notified<\/a>&nbsp;before a minor receives an abortion,&nbsp;unless a judge grants a bypass,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/virginia\/article_f03e3fae-0ced-40fc-b5c9-a3e378c5a316.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Center Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1290895332\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-socialist-kshama-sawant-narrowly-leads-recall-after-latest-ballot-count\/\" title=\"Seattle Socialist Kshama Sawant Narrowly Leads Recall After Latest Ballot Count\">misused public funds<\/a> to pay for them,&rdquo; Youngkin said in a statement. &ldquo;I am directing the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation to open a full criminal investigation into the matter immediately.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>As indicated by the governor&rsquo;s office, the call for an investigation comes in response to a bombshell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcdispatch.com\/p\/bolted-doors-and-broken-laws?r=5lw8dk&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;triedRedirect=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aug. 5 report<\/a> by independent reporter Walter Curt. The reporting included an allegedly handwritten statement from one of the girls in question, detailing how, as summarized by Curt, social worker Carolina D&iacute;az &ldquo;scheduled the appointment, paid the clinic&rsquo;s fees, and swore her to secrecy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The girl, an 11th-grade ESOL student, says the abortion took place in November 2021&mdash;<strong>while she was still seventeen<\/strong>&mdash;making the concealment a straight-line violation of state law,&rdquo; Curt wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The report also includes allegations from a second female minor Centreville student, who Curt reported was &ldquo;five months pregnant and wavering, [and] was allegedly told by the same social worker that she &lsquo;<em>had no other choice.<\/em>&lsquo;&rdquo; The female student, who Curt described as &ldquo;terrified,&rdquo; &ldquo;ultimately bolted from the clinic rather than go through with the procedure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&#8239;&rdquo;She later confided in her teacher, Mrs.&#8239;Zenaida&#8239;Perez, who allowed her name to be used on the record and provided&nbsp;<em><strong>The W.C. Dispatch<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;a recording of the family confirming that no one at the school had ever informed them of the intent to terminate their daughter&rsquo;s pregnancy,&rdquo; Curt wrote. &ldquo;Both incidents, sources say, were green&#8209;lighted by Principal Chad&#8239;Lehman and financed&mdash;again, allegedly&mdash;through school funds, meaning taxpayer dollars may have underwritten clandestine abortions carried out on minors without parental knowledge.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax County Public Schools has said it <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/student-abortions-fairfax-county-public-schools-investigation-staff-arranged-reproductive-health-fcps-centerville-high-school-minors-taxfunded-virginia-employee-parents-sex-education-regulation-2504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is investigating<\/a> the reported allegations. When pressed by a local ABC affiliate about whether &ldquo;FCPS staff members ever arranged abortions for students, and if [so] did they do so in this case,&rdquo; the school district responded, &ldquo;Not to [our] knowledge. We have launched an immediate investigation into these concerns as soon as we were made aware.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The alleged incident is one of several controversies engulfing Fairfax County schools.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, for example, the Education Department found that Fairfax is one of five Virginia school districts to be in violation of Title IX &ldquo;because they continue to allow boys into girls&rsquo; private spaces like restrooms and locker rooms,&rdquo; The Federalist&rsquo;s Breccan Thies <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/25\/5-virginia-school-districts-found-in-violation-of-title-ix-for-allowing-boys-in-girls-restrooms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. The revelation came months after the school district got <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/20\/exclusive-fairfax-county-schools-slapped-with-federal-complaint-over-race-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit with<\/a> a federal civil rights complaint over continued embrace of racially discriminatory policies.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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