Parents suing clinic for underage daughter's secret abortion

A Virginia abortion facility is facing a second lawsuit in three months, this one accusing Bristol Women’s Health of aborting the baby of an underage girl without her parents’ knowledge or consent.

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WCYB News 5 reports parents of the 15-year-old girl filed the lawsuit seeking $15.4 million in damages against the Bristol, Virginia abortion facility for their daughter and aborted grandchild. The parents also are suing the Dickenson County Department of Social Services.

Virginia requires parents to provide their consent if their daughter is under 18 and wants an abortion. The report did not indicate if the abortion facility also is facing discipline by state authorities for allegedly violating the parental consent law.

In the lawsuit, the parents said an employee of the Dickenson County Department of Social Services persuaded their 15-year-old daughter to abort her unborn baby even though the teenager was unsure, according to the report.

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