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I Picked Up A Student After Her Abortion (female Teacher)

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location: canada

i’m a female teacher and in my first year of teaching, one of my students told me that she was sexually assaulted by a family member and had to get an abortion, and asked me if i could pick her up after her abortion because of the law in my area where they require someone to pick you up, and she had no trusted adults and wasn’t living with her guardian. she also told me she was hiv positive. i told her i would show up to the hospital so she could be seen leaving with someone and be discharged, and call her an uber for legal reasons but i ended up just picking her up and driving her back home as i felt like that was the least i could do and i didn’t tell the school immediately because she was very strong about not wanting anyone to know about it. i did report the abuse to the school counselor afterwards even though she told me she was no longer living with her abuser, but i didn’t include the part about me helping her. was this unprofessional of me? i’m wondering now if this could’ve gotten me into a lot of trouble if the school had found out, because i’m hearing a lot of stories about teachers getting fired. if the school discovers that i had a student in my car, is it a 100% that my license be suspended or revoked even if my intentions were good? is there any possibility that an exception could be made legally if i explain the situation?

submitted by /u/Sad-Surprise-5788
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