Virginia School District Probes Allegations Of Staff Arranging Student Abortions Behind Parents’ Backs

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has opened an investigation into allegations that school officials arranged and funded abortions for two students without informing their parents in 2021, FCPS confirmed to the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation.

The students, both minors at the time, were enrolled at Fairfax County’s Centreville High School when the incidents allegedly occurred, as first reported by W.C. Dispatch, a Substack-based outlet. The students alleged that school staff facilitated and paid for their abortions using school resources, and that then-principal Chad Lehman was aware of the situation; now, FCPS is looking into the allegations, a spokesperson for the school district told the DCNF.

One student, who was 17 at the time, says a school social worker scheduled her abortion in November 2021 and paid the clinic fees without parental consent, according to W.C. Dispatch. The student was enrolled in Centerville High School’s English for Speakers of Other Languages program.

The other student was five months pregnant when the social worker allegedly told her she “had no choice” but to get an abortion, W.C. Dispatch reported. The girl ultimately fled the clinic and later confided in a teacher, Zenaida Perz, who went on the record with the outlet and stated that the student’s family had been left in the dark.