Secret abortion left girl, 14, traumatised, says mother

AN ENGLISH mother whose 14-year-old daughter was allowed to have a secret abortion without her knowledge after talks with school advisers yesterday said it had left the schoolgirl “traumatised”.

Michelle Smith, from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, fell pregnant last month and after consultation with a community health worker at school, decided to have an abortion.

Within days, her mother, Maureen Smith, found out what was happening and the teenager changed her mind. However, it was too late as she had taken the first of two pills as part of the chemical abortion process.