not up to yu.

I recently read this story from Curvature.com which is a leftist-feminist (surprise) blog focusing on politics. Its a story about a school district in Maryland that has adopted a policy of informing pregnant teens parents, whether or not the teens ask them to. my comment on that situation is simply that its ridiculous! My doctor could not inform my parents for me of any of my medical history against my choice, its on the law books that even minors have that right to privacy! so why should my teacher be able to or forced to do any different? every teen has a different family situation, a pregnancy is not something you can hide forever. unless of course the teen has the means to quietly get an abortion without notifying her parents or needing their help. If that is what the teen decides than so be it if they can pull it off good for them. in most other circumstances the parent well find out, probably through telling the parents themselves. honestly if a teen confides in a teacher about a pregnancy its not the teachers business to run and tell their parents. if the pregnancy is the product of rape then by all means the teacher has the legal obligation to report it to the proper authorities but i think that in the situation of a flat out teenage pregnancy the young women can suffice without intervention from a nosy faculty member. It has nasty repercussion and few benefits. there are teens w/ abusive parents and faculty could be reprimanded for not complying to the policy. Also if i was a teen w/ abusive parents who had the school inform them that i was knocked up. i think I'd know exactly who i wanted to sue first. I think anyone in that situation may have a sturdy case because "Maryland’s minor consent law, which applies to those younger than 18, says teenagers do not have to inform parents to receive health services, including pregnancy testing, contraceptives and treatment for sexually transmitted infections."

So clearly this policy is on some very shaky legal footing and unneeded.