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Fairfax County Public School teachers have been helping students obtain abortions without the knowledge and consent of their parents, according to a whistleblower who recently exposed the scandal.
Now, the school district is claiming they just learned of the matter, even though the whistleblower, Centreville High School teacher Zenaida Perez, had brought it to their attention on multiple occasions.
Be informed, not misled.
Fox News Digital published this about the abortion revelation:
On a recent morning, Centreville High School teacher Zenaida Perez had a surprise visitor at the northern Virginia school where she teaches English as a second language: a high-powered lawyer investigating allegations that Perez had made public that a school social worker coaxed and funded a student’s 2021 abortion.
The Clifton school district’s superintendent, Michelle Reid, responded to the allegations the next day, claiming the school system had just "learned yesterday" about the potential scandal. Last Thursday, Reid emailed Centreville High School parents, again claiming that the district had taken "immediate action to engage an external independent investigator to get all the facts."
Perez's visitor was Mary McGowan, a retired lawyer from Blankingship & Keith, a longtime go-to firm for Fairfax County Public Schools. In a nearly three-hour interview, Perez told McGowan how she had blown the whistle seven times about the abortion scandal since May 2022, only to be ignored and then retaliated against.
School district officials were "covering up" the alleged abortion scandal, Perez said she told McGowan. in the interview.
"Your recollection is outstanding," McGowan acknowledged at one point, according to Perez. Indeed, a detailed review of hundreds of pages of documents, emails and records confirm Perez’s timeline.
Perez told McGowan that she issued her first warning on May 5, 2022, in a meeting with then-principal, Chad Lehman, and an assistant principal. She said that a school social worker had allegedly facilitated and financed a 17-year-old student’s abortion the year before, without her guardian’s knowledge.
The teacher sent a second letter to Lehman in May 2022. Fox News Digital noted that FCPS policy states that “every effort shall be made to encourage and support students suspecting pregnancy to discuss their concerns with their parents or guardians.” But the policy does not mandate that teachers inform parents about these discussions.
The scandal centers on two female students at the high school who alleged that school officials facilitated and paid for their abortions at Fairfax Healthcare Center without informing their parents. This is a violation of Virginia’s parental notification legislation.
The WC Dispatch reported that one 17-year-old student said social worker Carolina Díaz “scheduled the appointment, paid the clinic’s fees, and swore her to secrecy.”
Bolted Doors and Broken Laws
The Dispatch says:
A handwritten statement from the first student, translated for clarity, lays out how Díaz scheduled the appointment, paid the clinic’s fees, and swore her to secrecy. The girl, an 11th-grade ESOL student, says the abortion took place in November 2021—while she was still seventeen—making the concealment a straight-line violation of state law.
That letter alone would be enough to raise the hair on the back of a patriotic taxpayer’s neck, but there is more. A second Centreville minor, five months pregnant and wavering, was allegedly told by the same social worker that she “had no other choice.” The girl, terrified, ultimately bolted from the clinic rather than go through with the procedure. She later confided in her teacher, Mrs. Zenaida Perez, who allowed her name to be used on the record and provided The W.C. Dispatch a recording of the family confirming that no one at the school had ever informed them of the intent to terminate their daughter’s pregnancy. I have reviewed the audio in full and verified its content, it’s heartbreaking.
Both incidents, sources say, were green‑lighted by Principal Chad Lehman and financed—again, allegedly—through school funds, meaning taxpayer dollars may have underwritten clandestine abortions carried out on minors without parental knowledge. If even half of these claims prove accurate, someone at the county office is writing checks that violate both state law and every standard of parental authority we once took for granted. And if two girls can name the same counselor, the same clinic, and the same pattern of coercion, what are the odds they are the only ones? Fairfax County Public Schools serves more than 180,000 students; even a “one‑percent problem” would translate into dozens of frightened daughters being hustled through a bolted door in a nondescript office building that neighbors recall is “always locked.”
They conclude, "Attempts to visit Fairfax Healthcare Center in broad daylight revealed a metal bolt across the entrance and no staff on site—odd behavior for any legitimate medical practice, let alone one handling surgical procedures on teenagers. In the same hallway sits a driver’s‑ed storefront, a juxtaposition grotesque enough for an Orwell novel: learn to merge onto I‑66, then pop next door for a procedure the Commonwealth insists still requires Mom or Dad’s sign‑off."
Under Virginia Code § 16.1‑241 (V), a physician must certify, in writing, that at least one parent has been notified before performing an abortion on a minor unless a judicial bypass is obtained. No bypasses appear in either case file. Legal analysts say that if school employees indeed arranged and paid for these procedures, criminal as well as civil liability is in play—everything from contributing to the delinquency of a minor to misuse of public funds.
Takeaway
This revelation prompted questions as to whether the school pushed other students to have abortions without their parents’ knowledge or consent. To perform these procedures on minors, doctors are required to have the signature of at least one parent unless a court orders a judicial bypass. Neither of these was present in the two girls’ cases, which could potentially open those involved to criminal prosecution.
Perez stated that after she spoke out about the issue, school administrators attempted to silence her. They pressured students to lure her into minor policy violations that administrators could use as an excuse to terminate her. Still, the teacher did not back down. “The girl never wanted that abortion, and her family was never told,” she said.
How many other frightened young girls have passed through the "Bolted Door?"
Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Vigilant. Be Engaged. Be Bold. Be Prayerful.
