Abortion Debate: Do the Schools Have A Role in Counseling Girls?
A teenage girl enters a school counselor's office. She's pregnant and wondering what to do. Too afraid to tell her parents, she asks the counselor if she has any options.
Is it appropriate for the counselor to present a range of alternatives— including abortion—without her parents' knowledge or consent?
That question elicits differing responses from groups that represent school counselors and education policymakers. And it appears that few school districts or states have formal policies to guide staff members on this morally charged...
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