# Fairfax County, Va public schools being investigated about staff taking girls to get abortions without parental consent **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 13, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013 "2025-08-13T19:31:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/41 "2025-08-15T02:33:12Z")
Still here. Maybe, as a suggestion, don’t search out odd stories to link to. If it’s really unusual and _some truth_ is involved, it’ll get picked up by the real news agencies. Then after reading and or listening you’ll get the _real story._ I always wait a couple days if I see these odd tales. Especially now with the way people are looking for anything to report against the _others._ There are real stories of distress. We don’t need added on ones, so a poster can be _first_ in line to open a thread. Just a thought… ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/42 "2025-08-15T05:36:15Z")
Yeah, at present the story seems to be _“ **A** teacher several years ago informed **a** Fairfax County principal that **a** school social worker had facilitated an abortion for **a** student”_ and now _“There are recent online allegations about school staff arranging abortions for students, and now the Virginia State Police are investigating the Fairfax County school system to see when and what they originally knew of any such allegations.”_ We’re still quite a ways out from any evidentiary confirmation that any such alleged abortion facilitation actually happened even once, much less multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/43 "2025-10-19T14:43:02Z")
Shocking absolutely no one, a preliminary investigation indicates that the “evidence” appears to have been fabricated. > **[NEW: Evidence for abortion assistance allegations appears fabricated, FCPS...](https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/10/17/new-evidence-of-abortion-assistance-allegations-appears-fabricated-fcps-says/)** > > Claims that a social worker at Centreville High School pressured students into obtaining abortions without informing their guardians appear to be baseless, attorneys hired by Fairfax County Public Schools say. A preliminary investigation found not... ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/44 "2025-10-19T16:13:23Z")
Another rumor breathlessly spread here (and doubtless many other websites) shot down. Quelle surprise. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/45 "2025-10-19T23:43:42Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Shocking absolutely no one, a preliminary investigation indicates that the “evidence” appears to have been fabricated. I’m not the least surprised. As I noted above, the letter appears to be a forgery, even to the untrained eye. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/46 "2025-10-19T23:53:43Z")
How will the person who fabricated this be punished? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/47 "2025-10-19T23:54:38Z")
With a Cabinet post, most likely. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/48 "2025-10-19T23:55:33Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > How will the person who fabricated this be punished? My best guess? Getting the stink eye from people who know what she did. Possibly loss of her job in a worst case (from her perspective) scenario. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/49 "2025-10-20T00:05:27Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Another rumor breathlessly spread here (and doubtless many other websites) shot down. Particularly from the OP of this thread, who has a history of doing so. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/50 "2025-10-20T00:41:55Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Particularly from the OP of this thread, who has a history of doing so. I have to conclude that he indeed ate the Tide pods… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/51 "2025-10-20T05:13:13Z")
I’ve never eaten a Tide Pod, and my pronouns are she, her, and hers. I wouldn’t have started this thread if I didn’t think the story had any credence. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/52 "2025-10-20T05:14:31Z")
And we will judge all your future threads accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/53 "2025-10-20T05:17:01Z")
Wow, that’s brutal. Everyone makes mistakes. Unless you’re the first to be perfect. Hmmm 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/54 "2025-10-20T06:23:32Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Everyone makes mistakes. Not everyone keeps making the same mistake repeatedly, even when they’re warned about it. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/55 "2025-10-20T08:36:37Z")
Especially because the first two dozen posts were about how suspiciously thin the story appeared on its own merits, without any reference at all to the OP’s dodgy relationship with objective reality. That didn’t come up until your own comment in post 25. So even aside from that established history, solely in the context of this specific story, it speaks poorly of the OP’s critical thinking skills that they thought it had “credence” while everyone else who looked at it immediately responded with a skeptical Spock eyebrow. A skepticism which has since proved to be exceptionally well founded. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/56 "2025-10-20T09:08:46Z")
I grew up near there, in Reston, and attended Herndon High School. Not sure if this is more shocking or prevalent than in any other Virginia county. Fairfax County has a reputation for being more liberal and affluent than other parts of the state (although Centreville is one of the more struggling/blue collar parts of the county), which may make it a bigger target for Younkgin and the Fox News outlets. In these days of AI buzz, I really wish some version of this story had a human byline attached to it. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/57 "2025-10-20T13:14:02Z")
Right-wing rage farmers can effortlessly shift to screeching about how _a school nurse_ who is paid _through taxpayer funds_ discussed ABORTION with a student. Heads must roll etc. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/58 "2025-10-20T13:37:30Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’ve never eaten a Tide Pod, and my pronouns are she, her, and hers. > > I wouldn’t have started this thread if I didn’t think the story had any credence. As others said, many times it depends on your sources. Fox news used Walter Curt. > **[The man who broke the news of FCPS allegations has familial ties to Youngkin,...](https://www.virginiascope.com/the-man-who-broke-the-news-of-fcps-allegations-has-familial-ties-to-youngkin-earle-sears-and-miyares/)** > > Walter Curt Jr., the man who first published allegations that employees of Fairfax County Public Schools assisted students in getting abortions without their parents’ knowledge, has familial ties to Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears... Small Word.. And not falling for bad sources is a Part of a Complete Breakfast… Avoid pods… ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/59 "2025-10-23T14:42:14Z")
The teacher behind everything has been placed on administrative leave. > **[Teacher behind Centreville HS abortion claims placed on leave | FFXnow](https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/10/22/teacher-behind-centreville-hs-abortion-claims-placed-on-leave/)** > > The Centreville High School teacher who alleged that a social worker had helped students obtain abortions in 2021 is now on paid leave. Fairfax County Public Schools Director of Employee Relations William Fulton notified Zenaida Perez on Monday (Oct.... ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairfax-county-va-public-schools-being-investigated-about-staff-taking-girls-to-get-abortions-without-parental-consent/1022013/60 "2025-10-23T15:35:16Z")
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