Nick Minock – Wed, August 6th 2025 at 4:16 PM
FAIRFAX, Va. (7News) — Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) tells 7News Reporter Nick Minock that they are launching an investigation into claims that school staff arranged abortions for students and didn’t tell their parents.
This story has blown up on social media — a report that says school officials at Fairfax County’s Centerville High School arranged and bankrolled abortions for girls without so much as a phone to their parents back in 2021.
The report says one of the two girls involved was 17 years old.
On Wednesday, 7News reached out to FCPS about these claims.
FCPS said, “We learned yesterday of these concerning allegations from 2021. We are launching an immediate and comprehensive investigation as we take all concerns of student wellbeing very seriously.”
7News asked have FCPS staff members ever arranged abortions for students, and if did they do so in this case?
FCPS replied, “Not to [our] knowledge. We have launched an immediate investigation into these concerns as soon as we were made aware.”
7News also asked FCPS for their standard operating procedure for when a student inquires about an abortion with an FCPS employee.
Although FCPS’s policy says, “every effort shall be made to encourage and support students suspecting pregnancy to discuss their concerns with their parents or guardians,” it does not require, or even suggest, FCPS employees should inform the parents about those conversations.
Here is the policy FCPS sent to 7News, referred to as Regulation 2504.
SPECIAL SERVICES
School Counseling Services Counseling Pregnant Students This regulation supersedes Regulation 2504.5. I.
PURPOSE To provide guidelines for counseling pregnant students.
II. SUMMARY OF CHANGES
A. Office of Responsibility has been updated.
B. In Section III, school was added in front of the word psychologists and wording has been changed from school nurse to public health nurse.
III. GUIDELINES School counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and other staff members shall be aware and follow the guidelines below regarding counseling pregnant students and distributing literature about pregnancy, birth control, venereal disease, and private and public agencies providing services for pregnant students.
A. Every effort shall be made to encourage and support students suspecting pregnancy to discuss their concern with their parents or guardians. Offers may be made to meet jointly with the parents or guardians and the student at school. In no case shall personnel commit themselves to maintain such information confidentially, keeping it from parents, guardians, or appropriate school authorities.
B. If a student requests counseling services or is considered to be in need of such services, school staff members should refer the student to the public health nurse or Fairfax County Department of Health and avoid influencing the student regarding the pregnancy.
IV. DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE
Literature may be available through the public health nurse to help students become aware of the various options and services available.
FCPS told 7News that FCPS employees do not currently arrange abortion services for FCPS students who are minors.
7News asked FCPS do their employees inform students about abortion services and where to get these types of services?
FCPS replied, “Students are referred to the public health nurse for any health-related matters. The public health nurses are Fairfax County Health Department employees.”