Memo Shows Official Sought to Block Teen’s Abortion After Rape
Trump Admin official continues to pursue religious goals while burning your tax dollars.
This story continues to get more unreal,” she said in a statement. “This latest revelation exposes the Trump administration’s extreme anti-abortion ideology: it seeks to force women to continue pregnancies against their will. While the path has been cleared for three Janes to get their abortions after protracted legal battles, the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s no-abortion policy still stands, and ORR’s director, Scott Lloyd, is still enforcing it,” she added, abbreviating the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
The government quietly dropped an appeal Wednesday stemming from the temporary restraining order Chutkan granted Monday concerning another unaccompanied minor, Jane Roe, who was roughly 10 weeks pregnant and also sought an abortion. The government appealed to the D.C. Circuit for two additional weeks to secure a sponsor to release her to.
The ACLU’s most recent challenge to the Department of Health and Human Services policy erupted two months after it succeeded in securing an abortion for another young immigrant, Jane Doe.
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