FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Eileen Roberts, 540-419-7720
August 13, 2025
THANKFUL FOR GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN’S ACTIONS TODAY TO PROTECT VIRGINIA’S FAMILIES PARENTS HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO KNOW
“Parents for Life commends Virginia’s Governor Glenn Youngkin for taking decisive action to investigate these deeply troubling allegations. Every parent has the right to know if their child’s safety and well-being are being compromised, and Virginians deserve full transparency when it comes to the protection of our children. This investigation is an important step toward accountability and ensuring that no minor daughter is exploited or harmed under the guise of care. We stand with the Governor in his commitment to protect the most vulnerable among us.”
Eileen Roberts, Parents for Life Founder and President, knew for many years, the Parental Consent Law in Virginia was not being enforced, since it’s passage in 2010. “Parents For Life, knew all along, our daughters were not being protected, and parental rights were being denied”, stated Mrs. Roberts.
Parents for Life has been aware of activities at certain high schools in Fairfax County involving staff members encouraging minors to obtain abortions without informing parents. Virginia Law currently requires parental consent, with a judicial bypass option. Parents For Life is still working on evolving details as they become known but they do raise alarming questions about how parents are denied their right to know, a law on the book since 2010.
Since 1987, Parents for Life has served as a collective voice for parents, throughout the country, educating the public and legislators for the need of common-sense policy to protect teens and empower parents.
“Denying the rights of parents, as this story unfolds, confirms, parents should never be ignored or cut out of the process, and doing so destroys families. Whether a medical procedure, inappropriate teaching material, or reproductive rights impacting our minor aged children, when things go wrong, parents are still held responsible for follow-up medical costs to repair the damage done to their child, both physically and mentally. For my family that cost was $27,000”, concluded Mrs. Roberts.
Parents for Life is a 501c3 and has served as a collective voice for parent’s rights since 1967 supporting all life and parental rights issues.
