Parents Protest School District That Arranged Secret Abortions on Teen Girls

Two opposing political groups stood on Jackson Middle School’s lawn. One group, decked out in rainbow colors, sporting bright pink socks, sea-green hair, and trans flags, held their signs up in the air, presenting them both to the cars passing by and to the conservative group behind them. But the group behind them, in the process of holding a press conference on the lawn, was not there to oppose transgender ideology. They were there to hold the Fairfax County School Board accountable during an ongoing investigation by the Virginia State Police.

The investigation began when Walter Curt, an independent investigative journalist, first broke the story on his Substack. He obtained a letter written by a girl who claimed that in 2021, when she was 17, she received the help of Mrs. Carolina Diaz, a social worker at Centreville High School, to schedule an abortion without notifying her parents. The girl claimed that Diaz paid for it with the school’s money, provided through taxpayer dollars. Zenaida Perez, a teacher at Centreville High School, told the Fairfax County Times that this girl had to be hospitalized after the procedure due to complications during the abortion. Diaz allegedly attempted to coerce a second girl, who was five months pregnant, into an abortion by telling her she “had no other choice.” That girl left the abortion clinic, choosing to keep her baby rather than go through with the abortion.

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Now, on Thursday, August 28, a mix of pro-life groups and individuals gathered in front of Jackson Middle School, where the Fairfax County School Board was holding a public meeting. The group held a press conference on the lawn, where John Reid, a candidate for lieutenant governor, spoke, as did various pro-life leaders and Fairfax County natives.

Reid recalled how, as a former television reporter, he had doubted the story that came out of Centreville High School. He waited for two weeks after reporters broke the story, hoping to gather more facts.

“[But] this isn’t an allegation that seems unfounded. It seems like there’s documentation behind it. And two weeks on, I think it’s important for those of us who seek to lead the state to stand up and say that this type of behavior is wrong, and in the school system, whether it’s in central Virginia or southwest Virginia, or Virginia Beach, or in Northern Virginia,” Reid insisted. “I think there is an attitude that Northern Virginia can do as it pleases. We all have to obey the law. … And that means that parental rights, whether you agree with it or not, is what I’m going to argue. You must keep parents involved in the lives of children.”

Nancy Linton, director of External Relations for the Family Foundation, recalled stories from when she was a parent sending her children to Fairfax County Schools. They used to require parental permission for everything from riding the school bus to taking Tylenol.

“[N]ow a young lady can be taken from school without the parents’ permission, be sent home, and then you know, all on her own, keeping that secret of abortion. As a prevention counselor, I’ve had women come to me for depression, anxiety, and it came out as we got to know each other that they’ve had abortions in the past, and it is traumatic to them,” Linton recalled. “[K]eeping secrets is harmful for children. … [M]y understanding [is] that, allegedly, the young ladies that were taken for abortions [had] limited English skills, so this county is preying on the most vulnerable young women and their parents. You can get a translator in five minutes. Don’t use that as an excuse to not involve the parents in this case.”

Throughout the various speakers’ statements, the pro-life group surrounding them interjected with “amen” and “that’s right,” as well as intermittent clapping and cheering. During the entire press conference, the colorful pro-LGBTQ+ group largely ignored the pro-life group on the lawn. However, during one speaker’s statements, a man holding a large pink and blue trans flag stepped behind the speaker and the crowd surrounding him. He held up the flag, trying to make it seen by the cameras covering the press conference. When pro-life advocates got him to leave, he stood with the cameras, watching the speakers instead. After a few minutes, he left without much show. A few other attendees from the liberal crowd walked near the pro-life press conference, waving their signs at them or making disgusted faces.

There was little clash between the two groups until the school board meeting began. Most of the speakers were from the pro-LGBTQ+ group. These speakers ranged from teachers to parents to community members, and all their messages were the same: they supported the LGBTQ+ indoctrination in schools, calling the school policies “protection,” “safety,” and “inclusion” for students who identified as transgender. They thanked the school board profusely for “standing up for trans students across the country,” while asking the board not to give in to the “attacks” against the schools’ policies by the Trump administration. A few people from the crowd responded to these speeches with cheers or disapproving noises, prompting a warning by one member of the school board to let the speakers make their statements without interruption.

Once the first pro-life speaker got up, however, the liberal majority in the room made sure their voices were heard. Steven Aden, a pro-life author and litigator, spoke first. As he began his comments recounting the story about how the school allegedly took two underage girls to get abortions behind their parents’ backs, one member of the crowd shouted, “Good for them!” After each pro-life speech, when supporters were cheering for the speaker, various liberal attendees shouted disapproving comments and jeers.

Rosie Kostka, a Fairfax County teacher and ultimate frisbee coach, pointed out to the school board how serious the allegations against Centreville High School were from a teacher’s perspective.

“Virginia State law says I cannot give my Fairfax County high school athletes Tylenol for a headache. Yet these girls were brought to surgery without their parents knowing. This is a nightmare for parents — their children taken to operations in secret by [a] school they entrusted their kids to,” Kostka insisted. “As a teacher, I keep my kids’ parents in the loop. I expect the same outreach, not only from my child’s teacher, but also from the school counselor dealing with something as big as a pregnancy.”

After the meeting, one teacher, Julie Perry, spoke with The Washington Stand about the allegations. She personally knew the girl who backed out of the abortion at five months pregnant.

“I’ve even talked to pro-choice Democrat[ic] colleagues of mine. They’re upset,” she insisted. “Talk to pro-choicers across the board. They’re outraged by this. This is not a pro-life or pro-choice matter. Now I’m pro-life. I believe life begins at conception. … I’m a born-again Christian woman, [and] life matters. I look at my kids every day that I teach. They all have a purpose in life. … [But] this is a parents’ issue.”

LifeNews Note: Evelyn Elliott serves as an intern at Family Research Council. 

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