Youngkin’s Budget Proposal Includes Item for 15-Week Gestation Limit for Abortions

Governor Glenn Youngkin’s recent budget proposal includes a $50,000 item for adult correctional facilities to offset increased costs from establishing a “15-week gestation limitation for abortion.”

The item aligns with Youngkin’s request that legislators pass a pain threshold abortion ban in 2023. Such a bill will face stiff opposition in the Democrat-controlled Senate, where it will likely be sent to the Senate Education and Health Committee, chaired by State Senator Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth).

“Glenn Youngkin put money in his budget for the corrections department to jail women if they violate his 15 week abortion ban. I’m going to need a fire extinguisher because this bill is going into my trash can AND getting lit on fire,” Lucas tweeted on Monday….(Excerpt from The Virginia Star)