Alex Swoyer | August 14, 2025

(The Washington Times) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Virginia State Police are investigating allegations that Fairfax County school staff helped minors terminate pregnancies without parental consent.

According to the governor’s press release Wednesday, school administrators may have been aware of an abortion scheme involving students, teachers and school funds, including local, state and federal tax dollars. Reports online suggest the school at issue is Centreville High School, about 30 miles outside the nation’s capital.

The governor’s office directed anyone with knowledge of such abortions to contact police.

“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,” Mr. Youngkin said. “I am directing the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation to open a full criminal investigation into the matter immediately.”

Reports online indicated that two students at Centreville High School turned over evidence that school staff had facilitated their abortions.

According to a post on X, the girls say they have audio recordings and documents that show they were taken by school staff to Fairfax Health Center, where employees paid for their abortions and swore them to secrecy.

A spokesperson from Centreville High School didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

A Fairfax County Public Schools spokesperson told The Washington Times that the district would cooperate with the investigation.

“We are prepared to fully cooperate in the state police investigation into these 2021 allegations,” the statement read. “As this is an ongoing personnel matter, we are unable to comment further at this time. We remain focused on preparations for the start of the school year — with a focus on academic excellence and opportunity for each and every student in a safe and welcoming environment.”

A spokesperson told InsideNoVa that the county public school system is investigating the issue. The news outlet reported that an incident occurred in 2021 when one of the girls was 17.

“We have serious questions about these allegations that must be answered,” the district previously told the outlet. “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. We all deserve to know exactly what happened. We will take appropriate action as necessary.”

According to WJLA, an ABC affiliate, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid addressed the issue with the Centreville community last week in a letter saying: “I want to stress that at no time, would the situation as described in these allegations be acceptable in Fairfax County Public Schools.”

WJLA also inquired about standard procedures for the district when counseling a student on a pregnancy and was told that the school system’s policy reads that “every effort shall be made to encourage and support students suspecting pregnancy to discuss their concerns with their parents or guardians.”

One of the student’s guardians reportedly said no parental consent was given, despite Virginia law requiring that a parent or guardian consent to a minor’s abortion. Without such an approval, a minor can obtain a judicial bypass from a court.

It’s unclear whether that happened in the Centreville incidents. According to the post on X, one of the girls was five months pregnant.

Virginia allows abortions up to the third trimester, which is generally 26 to 28 weeks. Mr. Youngkin has sparred with Northern Virginia schools since taking office in 2022. He won his election in part by championing parental rights.

The former businessman ran a campaign focused on cultural issues and education during the COVID-19 emergency, when many schools were struggling with reopening and curriculum.

Shortly after taking office, he sparred with Loudoun County Public Schools in defense of a father who was arrested at a school board meeting after confronting staff about allowing biological males to use a girls’ restroom where his daughter was raped.

Mr. Youngkin later pardoned that father.