# The Planned Parenthood thread fiasco revisited

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-planned-parenthood-thread-fiasco-revisited/476504>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 10, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-planned-parenthood-thread-fiasco-revisited/476504 "2008-12-10T04:02:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lyanthya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aca169/32.png) [@Lyanthya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyanthya)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-planned-parenthood-thread-fiasco-revisited/476504/121 "2008-12-12T09:20:13Z")

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> [@outlierrn](#):
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> PP is not my area, but in every mandatory reporter briefing that I’ve sat through you are taught to inform your client that there are limits to confidetiality, what they are, and what your going to have to report.
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> Probaby better if the client isn’t blindsided.

She did this. She informed the girl she would have to report such a situation.

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**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-planned-parenthood-thread-fiasco-revisited/476504/122 "2008-12-12T17:56:04Z")

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> [@Jaade](#):
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> **Oakminister** , you stated that the nurse was attempting to follow the letter of the law. She most certainly was not. She did not report the suspected statuatory rape of a 13 year old child and she gave the girl an option to go to another state to get an abortion giving the girl a chance to circumvent the laws in that state. That is not following the law in the state of Indiana.

I think that **Oakminster** was probably referring to the nurse’s attempts to stop the girl from telling her the age of the man, before she blurted out “31”. I suspect that those efforts would have been successful if the nurse was dealing with a real 13-year-old instead of a 20-year-old actress intent on setting a trap.

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