NH teacher fired after allegedly taking student to abortion clinic during school hours

CONCORD, N.H. (CITC) — A New Hampshire public school teacher was recently fired after allegedly using sick leave to drive a student to an abortion clinic during school hours.

The New Hampshire Department of Education investigated the matter. A report on the incident, which redacts names of those involved, claims the teacher called in sick to work with food poisoning. The teacher later admitted to the school they had not been sick and “went with a student to a medical appointment," according to the report.

The teacher and student had “been conversing for 2.5 weeks regarding the medical appointment," according to the report. The teacher allegedly assisted the student with determining “how far along they were.” Included in the report is language indicating the teacher located "a safe facility" for the student and offered to accompany them.

School officials later terminated the teacher, according to the report. While the document does not specify the nature of the student’s procedure, multiple state lawmakers told the NH Journal they believe it was an abortion.

I am horrified to hear that a teacher in our New Hampshire schools felt the right way to help a pregnant student who felt unsupported in her pregnancy was to research abortion facilities and call out sick to take a student to an abortion rather than to help her speak with her parents and find support from her family,” state Rep. Erica Layon, R-Derry, told the publication.

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“Parents have the right to know everything that is happening to their child in school,” state Sen. Tim Lang, R-Sanbornton, reportedly said. “Keeping secrets or going behind a parent’s back is never good public policy. It’s not good for the child, either. It teaches children, by the actions of ‘trusted adults,’ it’s OK to be deceptive, which is not creating good citizens for our future.”

The state Department of Education did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Crisis in the Classroom (CITC) Friday. This story will be updated if a response is received.

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