Gov. Youngkin: I Hope To Sign a Bill with a 15-Week Limit on Abortion into Law

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YOUNGKIN: “Virginians elected a pro-life governor, and I have been very clear. I'm pro-life. I do believe in exceptions, in the case of rape and incest and when the life of the mother is at risk. And, in this case, where Virginia was just 22 months ago was debating on our General Assembly floor that, in fact, abortion should be extended all the way up through and including childbirth, and paid for with taxpayer money. And I have said all along that I disagree with this. And that is extreme. That is really extreme. And so when the Roe -- when the -- when the Supreme Court issued their final ruling, we felt that a good place for Virginia to land, which was -- which was -- which was saving lives, because that's what Virginians have said -- we would -- we would like fewer abortions, as opposed to more -- is getting our leading legislators together and coming up with a compromise bill. As governor, this is progress. And this is a place that I would hope that they can deliver a bill on my desk in January that I can sign that would, in fact, recognize a 15-week limit, where a child can feel pain. I mean, this is when a child can feel pain. And we should, in fact, recognize that. And I hope they bring me a 15-week bill.”