On abortion, Gov. Youngkin says he will sign “any bill ... to protect life”
Moments after Friday’s ruling, Youngkin said he would pursue a ban on the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for rape, incest and to protect the life of the mother. He also said he would be willing to settle for a 20-week cutoff to get a bill out of a divided Capitol.
Asked how the governor would define “the bill that we all want” and whether that would be a total ban on abortion, Youngkin spokeswoman Macaulay Porter did not answer directly.“The Governor is entrusting the four members tasked with writing a consensus-building bill to present to the General Assembly in January,” she said in a written statement, referring to four antiabortion Republicans Youngkin has asked to draft a 15-week bill.
As a political newcomer with no voting record and an unwillingness to answer interest-group surveys, Youngkin kept his stance on abortion intentionally vague. A surreptitious recording“on offense” against abortion if he won the governor’s race, but that he had to keep his antiabortion views quiet for fear of alienating independents.
Youngkin walked a tightrope as he ran for governor in this swing state and he has revived some of his balancing act now, as he’s begun hinting at a potential 2024 presidential run. That’s left him facing critics from the right and left at times.
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