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Public school forcing girls to take pregnancy tests--or else

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Imagine that you’ve just started a new year at school when rumors begin to fly. Your classmates are whispering that you’re pregnant, and whether you are or not, once the principal catches wind of it, you’ll be forced to take a pregnancy test…or be kicked out of school. Sound like a far-out story? It’s not, if you attend Delhi Charter School in Delhi, La.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently discovered a student policy that dates back to 2006. The school reserves the right to force female students suspected of being pregnant to submit to a pregnancy test and doctor’s visit. If the student is pregnant, she will no longer be allowed to take classes on campus—though she does have the option to home school. If the student refuses to take the test, she can either home school or “seek other educational opportunities,” per the school’s policy manual.

Delhi Charter School infers that a girl who becomes pregnant is a girl who doesn’t adhere to the school’s moral code or standards of excellence in character and academics. She’s a girl who isn’t desirable within the community. And if she challenges the system? Out she goes.

The ACLU reports that about 70 percent of teen girls who give birth end up leaving school, and one of the reasons cited for that is discrimination, which is illegal. Regardless of the legalities, policies like this certainly aren’t girl-friendly. Schools should be safe places where students can learn. They shouldn’t be bullied—not by fellow students, not by teachers or administrators and certainly not by inane policies that disregard their best interests.

What do you think of this policy, babes? Tell us in the comments.

BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 8/6/2012 4:08:00 PM

POSTED IN pregnancy, In the News

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That is stupid the girl would be humiliated and what about the boy who got her pregnant

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by girly girl07 on 5/13/2013 8:45:29 PM

That is soooo unfair. That is totally not girl-friendly!I'm think that this is going to ruin her education& social life. I think that it should be illegal to be FORCED to take pregnancy test, that isn't the school's business. Plus girls who are pregnant should still have the right to go to school. I think the government should take care of this soon.

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by Snowee533 on 4/20/2013 4:34:44 PM

honestly i think the idea is crazy, but the people getting pregnant in the first place are the crazy ones. if girls waited until after marriage to have sex and have children there would not be this problem.

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by aleafofcool on 2/18/2013 4:33:48 PM

What about the boy whose baby she will have? If he is part of the school, would he be kicked out? No. Plain and simple: they don't want bad P.R. so they kick out the one that would be obviously noticed. If a girl is impregnated by a boy, who will get in more trouble? The girl. Just because it is her appearance that changes with pregnancy.

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by The.musician.98 on 1/26/2013 11:15:53 PM