Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said Tuesday that he continues to believe voters can come together behind a 15-week limit on abortion.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin joins abortion protesters in a “March for Life” in Richmond on Feb. 21.
Wednesday outside the Virginia Capitol in a “March for Life,” saying he remains committed to seeking limits on abortion access even after his embrace of the issue seemed to work against Republicans in the fall’s legislative elections.“I think we should continue to talk about it,” Youngkin told reporters in brief comments before the march got underway.
“As I’ve said on all legislation, the General Assembly is working their process now and I will review every bill. That’s my job,” he said.abortion rights, Democrats flipped control of the House of Delegates and protected their majority in the Senate last year after campaigning heavily against Youngkin’s proposal for a. Virginia law allows abortion through the second trimester — about 26 weeks — and in the third trimester if three doctors agree the procedure is necessary.
He repeated the Republican talking point heard often on the campaign trail that Democrats want to allow abortions past the point of birth. “I do believe that the aspiration to extend abortion all the way up through and including birth is so disconnected with what Virginians believe,” Youngkin said. “And we’ve got to find a place to come together, and I’ll continue to work for it.
After his remarks to reporters, Youngkin set off at the head of a column of hundreds of demonstrators — maybe a few thousand — stretching the length of Capitol Square.Inside the Capitol, the House approved a Senate bill that would prevent extraditing doctors who perform legal abortions in Virginia on patients from states where the procedure is illegal. Three Republicans joined every Democrat in support.
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