Maryland Teacher’s Posts Call for Aborting Male Fetuses

Published: November 5, 2026.

Dana Zentgraf, an educator who works with students needing specialized support at Clopper Mill Elementary School, wrote in October Facebook posts that having fewer men was, in her view, a way to end women’s oppression. In one post, she said she would choose to abort a fetus if an early test showed it was male. In another, she urged mothers to raise their sons carefully, arguing that society teaches men to hold power over women.

Zentgraf also wrote that boys were a threat to society and women should stop giving birth to them. She said that parents who believed they had raised their sons well could not control how those boys would be treated or influenced outside the home.

The posts appeared under the name “Da Graf.” Zentgraf had previously posted using her full name in comments on the school district’s official Facebook page. Her work at Clopper Mill includes teaching young people who have learning, mental, emotional or physical disabilities.

Other posts criticized women who sympathized with men and compared circumcision of boys in the United States with female genital mutilation in Somalia. On October 30, she described voting as inadequate and said overthrowing the U.S. government was the only answer. She also referred to the country as “AMERIKKKA.”

Zentgraf and the local school system offered no response to requests for comment. The district spent more than $450,000 on an anti-racism audit in 2020 and restricted parent access to a 2023 board meeting about a policy concerning lessons on gender identity and sexuality. Zentgraf’s Facebook account appeared to be taken down after the posts drew attention.

A Teacher’s Posts Demand Scrutiny, Not a Partisan Pile-On

Published: November 5, 2026.

Dana Zentgraf, an educator who teaches students requiring specialized support at Clopper Mill Elementary in Montgomery County, wrote in October that she would have an abortion if prenatal testing showed she was carrying a boy. She argued that fewer men could help end women’s oppression and said boys encounter a society that gives men power over women.

Her statements are stark, and they deserve attention because she works with children, including students with emotional, mental, learning and physical disabilities. But the facts presented are posts on her personal Facebook account; they do not establish how she treats students or whether she has acted on the views she expressed.

Zentgraf also criticized women who sympathize with men, compared circumcision in the United States with female genital mutilation in Somalia, and wrote that overthrowing the U.S. government was the only answer, rather than voting. She used the term “AMERIKKKA” for the country. Her account, under the name “Da Graf,” appeared to be removed after the posts drew attention.

Zentgraf and the county’s public school district offered no response to requests for comment. The district’s past spending on an anti-racism audit and its restrictions on parent access to a 2023 board meeting about gender and sexuality lessons are part of the school system’s recent record, but do not demonstrate that the district endorses her personal posts.

School District Must Answer for Teacher’s Anti-Boy Posts

Published: November 5, 2026.

Dana Zentgraf, a specialized-learning instructor at Clopper Mill Elementary in Maryland, used Facebook posts in October to urge women to have fewer boys and said she would abort a fetus if testing showed it was male. She described men as a threat to women and argued that reducing their numbers was a path out of what she called a patriarchal society.

These are not abstract remarks from someone with no responsibility for children. Zentgraf teaches young people with learning, mental, emotional or physical disabilities. Parents deserve answers about how the school system responds when an educator publicly expresses hostility toward boys, even though the posts alone do not establish how she treats her students.

She also wrote that overthrowing the U.S. government was the only answer, dismissed voting, and labeled the country “AMERIKKKA.” Other posts criticized women who sympathize with men and compared circumcision in the United States with female genital mutilation in Somalia. Her Facebook account appeared to disappear after the posts attracted attention.

Neither Zentgraf nor the county’s public school district offered a response to inquiries seeking comment. The district previously spent more than $450,000 on an anti-racism audit and limited parent access to a 2023 board meeting about lessons on gender identity and sexuality. Those past choices intensify scrutiny of the district’s judgment, but the available facts do not show that it adopted Zentgraf’s views.