Code of Ethics for the Ghana Health Service: Scenario 2
- A 14 year old girl who presents at a clinic says that she has been having unprotected sex with her 19 year old boy friend. She is afraid that she may be pregnant and asks to be tested. The clinic testing kit confirms that she is pregnant. The girl says that she does not want her parents to know, and asks the clinic nurse what she can do to terminate the pregnancy.
- What should the clinic nurse counsel the girl to do in order to ensure that she (the clinic nurse) is acting ethically and legally?