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Originally Posted by iadom

So she is "child enough" not to be allowed to have a baby, but "adult enough" to make this decision without any input from her parents and legal guardians.

I think the problem here is that OB is talking about what the school are and aren't allowed to do. I don't know the rules about this, so I could be wrong (and will hopefully be corrected if I am) but any school counselling staff will almost certainly not be allowed to discuss anything the child said to them with anyone else (including parents), and this rule may apply to teachers as well.

I am not sure if the school should have advised the girl to have the abortion, but there may be circumstances we are unaware of that made them do this.


Edit: It looks like Schools are bound by confidentiality rules:

Originally Posted by The Times

A local education authority spokeswoman added: <snip>
and if there is to be any disclosure the teachers should seek consent from that pupil that they are working with <snip>

So, they would have needed her permission to tell her mother. Maybe the mother should be asking why the Girl didn't give permission?