10-23-2017, 07:43 PM
Has anyone been following this developing story? Pretty creepy that one guy gets to keep a 17-year-old undocumented immigrant, whom the law has placed in his custody, from having an abortion.
Federal judge rules pregnant, undocumented teen in Texas has right to abortion access
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/10/18/judge-abortion-access-pregnant-undocumented-teenager-texas/
Federal appeals court blocks undocumented teen's request for immediate abortion
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/10/20/pregnant-undocumented-immigrant-abortion-friday/
An undocumented teen is pregnant and in custody. Can the U.S. stop her from getting an abortion?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/an-undocumented-teen-is-pregnant-and-in-custody-can-the-us-stop-her-from-getting-an-abortion/2017/10/17/6b548cda-b34b-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.239ca1f9b023
The American Civil Liberties Union is accusing the Trump administration of illegally blocking a 17-year-old Central American immigrant from having an abortion and will urge a federal judge in Washington on Wednesday to clear the way for her and other young immigrants to terminate their pregnancies....
On Tuesday, an HHS official said Scott Lloyd, who directs the agency’s Office of Refugee Resettlement, had personally intervened to try to persuade unaccompanied minor girls not to have abortions. The official, who was authorized to comment only as an unnamed spokesman, declined to say whether those girls were blocked from getting the procedure or to comment on Jane Doe’s case.
“When there’s a child in the program who is pregnant, he has been reaching out to her and trying to help as much as possible with life-affirming options,” the spokesman said. “He by law has custody of these children, and just like a foster parent, he knows that that’s a lot of responsibility and he is going to make choices that he thinks are best for both the mother and the child.”
Federal judge rules pregnant, undocumented teen in Texas has right to abortion access
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/10/18/judge-abortion-access-pregnant-undocumented-teenager-texas/
Federal appeals court blocks undocumented teen's request for immediate abortion
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/10/20/pregnant-undocumented-immigrant-abortion-friday/
An undocumented teen is pregnant and in custody. Can the U.S. stop her from getting an abortion?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/an-undocumented-teen-is-pregnant-and-in-custody-can-the-us-stop-her-from-getting-an-abortion/2017/10/17/6b548cda-b34b-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.239ca1f9b023
The American Civil Liberties Union is accusing the Trump administration of illegally blocking a 17-year-old Central American immigrant from having an abortion and will urge a federal judge in Washington on Wednesday to clear the way for her and other young immigrants to terminate their pregnancies....
On Tuesday, an HHS official said Scott Lloyd, who directs the agency’s Office of Refugee Resettlement, had personally intervened to try to persuade unaccompanied minor girls not to have abortions. The official, who was authorized to comment only as an unnamed spokesman, declined to say whether those girls were blocked from getting the procedure or to comment on Jane Doe’s case.
“When there’s a child in the program who is pregnant, he has been reaching out to her and trying to help as much as possible with life-affirming options,” the spokesman said. “He by law has custody of these children, and just like a foster parent, he knows that that’s a lot of responsibility and he is going to make choices that he thinks are best for both the mother and the child.”
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