Trump official sought to block abortion for a 17-year-old rape victim

[jpak]

Source: LA Times

Scott Lloyd, the anti-abortion activist who heads the Trump administration’s refugee resettlement program, tried to prevent a 17-year-old rape victim in federal detention from getting an abortion, according to court documents.

Disclosure of the documents on Thursday revealed a significant escalation of the administration’s efforts to prevent immigrant teenagers in federal detention from getting abortions. In the past, anti-abortion policies have almost always included an exception for rape cases.

“I am convinced that assisting with an abortion in this case is not in her best interest,” Lloyd wrote in a memo about an immigrant minor held in a federal detention center that was released Thursday as part of a court fight over the administration’s policies.

“I am mindful that abortion is offered by some as a solution to a rape,” Lloyd wrote. “I disagree. To decline to assist in an abortion here is to decline to participate in violence against an innocent life.”

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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-abortion-trump-migrant-20171221-story.html

[ATL Ebony]

1. Doubtful that your belief in what is in her best interest should be relevant.

Stop trying to rule women's bodies and pretending to know what is best for her and the future of the child that you will not support

[marble falls]

2. Trump just can not keep himself out of other people's pants, can he?

[weissmam]

3. then you bucko adopt the kid and pay for it the rest of his or her life

[bullwinkle428]

4. Time for some mistresses to step up with copies of the receipts, if you know what I mean!

[Gothmog]

5. I am so glad that the ACLU is involved in this case