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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

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That is so messed up! They should be able to do that!

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by rosiegrl on 8/6/2012 5:04:48 PM

 
 

That is seriously messed up! I mean I don't agree with teen pregnancy but it happens and by kicking these girls out they are practically ruining their education & social life. It should also be illegal to be forced to take a pregnancy test... I mean it isn't the school's business anyway! Education is!!! Could you imagine having to start at a new school & along with the pressures of being the new girl you are pregnant. Even if you are the sweetest girl on earth those kids might not know that and might spread rumors and bully her. Even pregnant girls have a right to attend public school and get a good education without ridicule. I mean for petes sake! I feel that the school should definitely have to get rid of that policy and that shouldn't happen in schools anywhere.

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by loveyourlife43 on 8/6/2012 5:01:37 PM

 
 

Oh my gosh they would kick her out of school if she was pregnant!!!!!!!!! Its bad enough that she just started a new year of school and the rumors about her are floding in and even if she was pregnant they should help her like that 18 year old who was pregnant i know i know that i kinda went off about her being pregnant at that age but they should still help her

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by TSfan#1 on 8/6/2012 4:58:02 PM

 
 

That's terrible. I thought they were supposed to be helping pregnant girls stay IN school.
and @GirlyChic, quite a few girls in high school get pregnant.

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by scamp24 on 8/6/2012 4:48:39 PM

 
 

That is so sick. Where do these people get their manners? I mean seriously, they should promote pregnant teens to go to school, not kick them out. And they don't have the right to make the females take pregnancy tests. It's simply unconstitutional.>Frown

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by Knerdalicious on 8/6/2012 4:46:04 PM

 
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