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October 18, 2017

Texas: Trump Administration Blocks Undocumented Teen from Getting Abortion
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In Texas, the American Civil Liberties Union says the Trump
administration is barring a pregnant undocumented teenager from getting
an abortion. In a lawsuit in federal court, the ACLU says the
17-year-old girl, who's living unaccompanied in a refugee resettlement
shelter, has been granted permission from a judge to terminate her
pregnancy-but officials with the Department of Health and Human Services
and other agencies have refused to transport her to a women's health
clinic for an abortion.


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