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WASHINGTON, D.C., October 24, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 6-3 today that the U.S. government must facilitate an abortion for a 17-year-old girl in the country illegally.
The teen, identified only as “Jane Doe” and backed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has been battling the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services in court over whether she may abort her baby. The teen is in the custody of the U.S. government, which has connected her with life-affirming resources.
U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan initially ruled October 18 that the girl must be allowed to abort her baby “promptly and without delay.” The Department of Justice appealed the ruling, which the U.S. Court of Appeals then stayed.
Today’s ruling undoes that temporary victory. Pro-life advocates say it sets a “terrible precedent” that could be “Roe v. Wade 2.0” because it establishes a “right” to abortion on U.S. soil for illegal immigrants.
“A tragedy took place today as the full bench of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals put the partisan interests of abortion over a teenager’s true needs for help,” said Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life
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