Impersonating another patient in order to procure an abortion.

©FFPRHC J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2007: 33(3) Clinical scenario Susan, an 18-year-old, presents to you in a community setting requesting a termination of pregnancy (TOP). You see from her notes that she had a TOP 6 months earlier and, in the course of the history taking, you raise this with her. She confesses that in fact she didn’t have this TOP but her sister, Nicola, who was 15 years old at the time, had it in her name. Nicola, believing that her parents would have been informed had she presented as herself, had pretended to be Susan. The two sisters had decided together that this was the best thing to do. Susan tells you that Nicola would verify the story. How would you proceed and what issues need to be addressed?