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VMI has not revealed the pregnant cadet's identity, age or any
information
about the child's father.
NewsMax.com
Friday, Feb. 16, 2001; 9:42 a.m. EST
First Pregnant Cadet at Virginia Military Institute
A female cadet at the prestigious Virginia Military Institute is four
months
pregnant and has decided to stay on, living in the barracks as a
cadet in
full standing, Institute officials told the Roanoke Times Friday.
Because the military school's regulations forbid marriage for cadets,
her
decision means she's opted to remain an unwed mother.
"After weighing the woman's right to privacy, the health of her and
the
unborn child, the 'morale of the VMI community' and the law, VMI
officials
offered the woman three options," the Virginia paper reported.
"She could take a leave of absence, she could live in separate
quarters on
the VMI campus, most likely the post hospital, or she could remain in
barracks."
The pregnant cadet has Institute officials scrambling to comply with
legal
regulations, since VMI remains under Justice Department supervision
as a
result of a 1997 lawsuit that ended the school's males-only admission
policy.
Lawyers for the school have consulted with the Virginia Attorney
General's
office, the U.S. District Court in Roanoke and the Justice Department
in an
effort to comply with that decision and to protect the woman's
rights.
Federal Title IX laws require VMI to treat the pregnancy like any
other
disability.
Some cadets told the Times they thought the pregnancy would be
disruptive.
"I think it might be a little weird seeing a pregnant cadet march
by," Jen
Jolin, a former cadet who was among the first women at the academy,
told the
Times. "I mean, VMI's got an image."
Other are more sanguine.
"They are accommodating her, and it sounds to me like they're being
reasonable," former VMI board of visitors member Charlie Lindsey
said.
Lindsey, who opposed admitting women to his alma mater, told the
Times,
"It's just something else they're going to have to get used to."
VMI has not revealed the pregnant cadet's identity, age or any
information
about the child's father.
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/2/16/84211
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