Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger’s refusal to affirm life-saving care for babies born alive after failed abortions has drawn sharp condemnation from pro-life advocates, who accuse her of endorsing unlimited abortions throughout pregnancy and undermining parental rights in the process.
During Thursday’s debate, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears pressed Spanberger on whether a baby born alive after an abortion should receive appropriate medical treatment. Spanberger remained silent, declining to answer the pointed question.
The moment, captured on video, has fueled accusations that Spanberger backs a proposed constitutional amendment in Virginia that would enshrine unlimited abortions up to birth, block future protective regulations and even jeopardize the state’s parental consent law for minors.
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“Virginia Society for Human Life (VSHL) is grateful to pro-life Lt. Governor Earle-Sears for highlighting just how extreme Abigail Spanberger really is,” said Olivia Gans Turner, president of the pro-life group. “Under a Spanberger administration, Virginia would see unprecedented growth as an abortion destination and Virginia would become the abortion capital of the south.”
Spanberger’s evasiveness comes amid a broader scandal in Fairfax County Public Schools, where school officials secretly arranged taxpayer-funded abortions for at least two pregnant minor students without notifying their parents. Recordings and handwritten notes released by investigator Walter Curt exposed the scheme, prompting Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to launch a full criminal investigation.
The controversy has hammered Spanberger’s campaign, tightening the race as voters revisit parental rights issues that doomed Democrat Terry McAuliffe in 2021. When pressed on whether schools should notify parents before facilitating abortions for minors, Spanberger sidestepped the question.
In a separate interview on live television, she stated, “I think it is important that we have a constitutional guarantee of access to abortion.” She added, “The question of abortion is a very politically charged one.”
Earle-Sears called the school scheme “abhorrent,” vowing to “strengthen parental consent laws” so no mother or father is ever blindsided by a secret abortion on their child.
