Delegate Garrett said it is time for him to serve “full-time in my role as a husband to Whitney and a father to our two teenagers, Tyler and Haley Gray,” because “God has granted me no greater title than that of ‘Dad.'”
A Democratic effort to change House rules is a “Proxy Fight for Unrestricted Access to Abortion” said Del. Scott Garrett. Citing court precedent, he warned that Democrats were setting up the courts to invalidate restrictions on late term abortion and taxpayer funding of abortion.
“Mr. Speaker, I’m not going to let anyone take the life of my son, and I’m not going to vote to allow other people to take the lives of other people’s sons,” said Delegate Scott Garrett during an emotional day on Bank Street.
The one-two legislative strategy by Delegates Scott Garrett and Kathy Byron would prohibit taxpayer funding of abortion providers in this year’s budget and begin working towards prohibiting it in Virginia’s constitution. The move comes as Governor Northam and Democratic lawmakers proposed a sweeping repeal of abortion restrictions, including on late term abortions in the third trimester.
