Federal appeals court clears way for undocumented teen to get abortion

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By POLITICO STAFF 10/24/2017 03:20 PM EDT

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a 17-year-old undocumented immigrant held in detention in Texas to receive an abortion.

The full bench of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an earlier ruling from a three-judge panel of that court that gave the Trump administration more time to try to defuse the controversy by finding an adult who could take in the pregnant teen, who is currently in a federally funded shelter.

The D.C. Circuit’s new ruling split the judges along partisan lines, 6-3, with the court’s Republican appointees denouncing the decision.

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[jmowreader]

1. They better move a little quicker...

At the pace they're on, the kid will be three years old before she gets permission to have her abortion.

[iluvtennis]

2. Happy for this step forward. This 17 year old doesn't need her entire future taken

away with this pregnancy. I'm a Christian, but I believe God gave us these technologies to ease our lives here on earth.

[lark]

3. Fuckers are doing this on purpose.

The fetus worshipers can't let a young woman make up her own mind, they know better and want to force her to have a child then send both back to be killed. That's what they want and by damn they will hold their breath and throw a temper tantrum until the deadline has passed. At that point she can't have the abortion because it's too late. They will be so gleeful if that happens.

WTF?

[J_William_Ryan]

4. All persons in the United States are entitled to their fundamental rights,

including those undocumented, including the right to privacy.

[Ilsa]

5. I'm shocked they didn't want her to abort

her "anchor baby."

Of course, it is more likely they wanted to steal the baby for someone else.