Cindi Cook had it all planned out.

Her teenage son would graduate from his Hall County high school, go to college, then settle down and start a family.

Then came the pregnancy.

It was spring 2007 and, according to court testimony, Cook had no interest in her 16-year-old son's girlfriend, also 16, having their baby.

Cook "began to pressure until the young lady relented and agreed to have an abortion," DeKalb County solicitor general Robert James said Wednesday.

Displeased that the baby would ruin her son's chances of going to college, Cook "searched for a clinic that did not require a parent to be present, forged the letter of parental acknowledgement and paid for the abortion" on May 12, 2007, James said.

Last week, a judge sentenced Cook, now 44, to a year in jail —- the maximum for a misdemeanor —- for interfering with custody and violating a parental notification law.

"This conduct is reprehensible," James said. "There's not a parent anywhere who'd be OK with what she did."

James said his office is now investigating whether the facility —- Northside Women's Clinic in Chamblee —- violated state law.

Georgia is one of about a dozen states that require a parent be informed —- but not grant approval —- before his or her daughter has an abortion if the girl is under 18. If a parent will not be present for the procedure, clinics are required to notify them by phone or certified mail. James' office is investigating whether that happened.

"In Georgia, you cannot get your ears pierced without your parents' permission. You cannot get an aspirin at school. But to get an abortion without a parent's permission, that should not go on," said Nancy Stith, executive director of Georgia Right to Life, an anti-abortion group.

According to its Web site, Northside Women's Clinic offers abortions through the 15th week of pregnancy. A woman who answered the phone Wednesday said the clinic had no comment on the incident and did not have an attorney.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is not identifying the girl because she was a minor when the crime was committed.

Stith said the girl's mother contacted her about a month after the abortion.

"She was just devastated. She wanted something done about it," said Stith.

Stith put the mother in touch with Atlanta attorney Fenn Little, who handled the one-day trial.

More than a year after the abortion, the girl is "still struggling with the loss of the baby," Little said Wednesday. "She's getting better, but there's going to be a lot of counseling and issues that have to be addressed."

Through their attorney, the girl's parents declined to comment but issued a written statement.

"The actions of both Cindi Cook and the Northside Women's Clinic have affected our daughter's life with much pain this past year because of the loss of her baby," they wrote. "They took away our right to be there and help our daughter during a time when she needed us most."