ACLU asks appeals court to reconsider ruling delaying abortion for undocumented teen

[TexasTowelie]

by Giulia Afiune, Texas Tribune

The American Civil Liberties Union is asking all 10 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to review a Friday ruling that delayed an abortion procedure for a undocumented teenager under federal custody in Texas.

A three-judge panel from the appeals court ruled 2-1 on Friday that the minor would not immediately have access to the abortion she requested. Instead, the federal government would have until Oct. 31 to find a sponsor to take custody of the teen and transport her to an abortion clinic to have the procedure.

However, one of the judges in the panel disagreed with the majority's decision. “Forcing her to continue an unwanted pregnancy just in the hopes of finding a sponsor that has not been found in the past six weeks sacrifices J.D.’s constitutional liberty, autonomy, and personal dignity for no justifiable governmental reason,” Judge Patricia A. Millett wrote in a dissent to the ruling.

The emergency petition asks the full D.C. Circuit Court to rehear the matter and vacate last week's appeals court ruling. The ACLU is also asking the full court to deny the Trump administration's request to stay an earlier District Court ruling that ordered the federal government to transport or allow the girl to be transported to her abortion appointments "promptly and without delay."

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2017/10/23/aclu-asks-circuit-court-reconsider-ruling-delaying-abortion-undocument/

[Doreen]

1. I see two things happening here.

Force her to have that baby then send her back to a country that more than likely will not accept her and her baby and they will probably end up dying or sending her back after she gives birth and keeping the baby here and forever reminding him/her that he/she is a foreigner. Oh yeah, a third, keep her in the detention camps and breed her so she can have babies for future workers. This administration is disgusting.