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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am still not clear exactly what it is alleged that these parents did.

There is a requirement to tell parents or legal guardians at least 24 hours before a minor has an abortion, and to get their consent notarized.  But that seems to be the responsibility of the abortion provider.  Of course, if the FCPS employee lied about the students' age, or counseled the student to lie, or helped them forge consent, or presented themselves as the parent, then that's probably illegal.

If the social worker paid with school funds, that's also illegal.

Transporting students anywhere is likely a violation of school policy, but not necessarily illegal.

But I am pretty sure that a student talking about abortion, has a right to confidentiality in a therapeutic relationship like that between social worker and her client.  The social worker needs to break confidentiality and call CPS if there is evidence of abuse, and if they didn't that's a violation of mandated reporting laws.  But otherwise, I'm not sure the social worker has the obligation to tell the parents, and their professional ethics may not allow them to tell the parents.    The abortion provider was the one to tell the parents, although again, if the social worker deceived the provider about the students' age, or posed as parent, then that's a problem again.

I think more information needs to come out to know exactly which, if any, laws were broken, and by who.

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Again.  There are ways around it.  But, the school should not have been the way.  It should have been CPS.  [/quote]

By not coming clean with what they know, FCPS continues to allow the information to trickle out. Latest allegations are that the abortion had complications and nearly killed the girl, which makes the cover up even more insidious if she was not receiving proper follow-up care. Also that FCPS tried to fire the whistle blower rather than acting on her information. [/quote]

FCPS has to deal with potential privacy concerns which is why they can't just release what they know.[/quote]

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