Overview

• The district has engaged external investigators to determine whether school employees coordinated and funded abortions for two minor students without informing their parents.
• Allegations are supported by letters, audio recordings and handwritten statements from the students, one of whom said she was five months pregnant when staff arranged the procedure.
• Under Virginia Code § 16.1-241, minors must obtain parental consent or a judicial bypass before an abortion, exposing involved staff to potential civil or criminal liability.
• FCPS counseling guidelines urge staff to encourage students to discuss suspected pregnancies with guardians but do not mandate notifying parents of such conversations.
• District officials say they were unaware of any staff-facilitated abortions and promise to take appropriate action based on the inquiry’s findings.