Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin on Sunday defended the parents’ rights policy he instituted in his state.
Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Youngkin stood by the new regulations affecting transgender students, which emphasize parents’ rights in making decisions about their child’s gender identity. Youngkin stressed that parents have authority over their child’s upbringing and said the policy empowers them.
“[P]arents have a fundamental right to be engaged in their children’s lives,” Youngkin said. “And, oh, by the way, children have a right to have parents engaged in their life. And we needed to fix a wrong…children don’t belong to the state. Read more…