A social worker affiliated with an Alaska hospital arranged a secret abortion for a 15 year-old teenager at the Cedar Women’s Clinic paid for at government expense. Her family became alarmed when she didn’t return home from school one afternoon in March 2003. They only learned about their daughter’s whereabouts when an older daughter informed them. The teen believed her parents would not approve of the pregnancy, but told her boyfriend’s mother she did not want to have an abortion.
Fifteen weeks into the pregnancy, the teen had gone to the Providence Alaska Medical Center for prenatal care. There, the social worker asked her to return alone later in the day. The worker suggested the abortion and made arrangements with Cedar River Clinic abortion facility, near Seattle, operated by the Feminist Women’s Health Center. The social worker also arranged for a state-funded insurance program for poor children to pay for the abortion.
The teen’s parents desperately called police when they found their daughter missing. Upon learning of the secret abortion, her parents told officials they would have gladly helped their daughter raise the baby. They then filed suit against Providence. The Cedar Women’s Clinic, the first abortion clinic to open in the city 31 years ago, closed Monday. LifeNews
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