The surge of illegal immigrant children crossing the border also means a surge of pregnant girls in U.S. custody, according to new government figures made public late Monday, highlighting the latest test of Trump administration policies.
At least 420 pregnant Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) have been caught and put into government care over the last year, and 43 pregnant illegal immigrant girls were still in custody of the Health and Human Services Department as of Oct. 17, Jonathan White, the department’s director for children’s programs, said in court documents.
Of the 420 girls seen in fiscal year 2017, 18 requested abortions and 11 had them. Another five rescinded their request for an abortion, and two were turned over to sponsors in the U.S. before a final decision was made, Mr. White said, meaning they were outside of government custody.
The numbers come as the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a class action lawsuit demanding the government provide illegal immigrant girls the same rights to access abortion that Americans have.
The ACLU already won the first skirmish last month over a 17-year-old girl identified only as “J.D.” or “Jane Doe,” whose case went all the way to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where a deeply divided panel of judges ruled the government had to facilitate her abortion, even if it meant spending taxpayer money.
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8 comments:
Simply deport them. Savings both ways. We don't need to be responsible for their crimes or lack of judgement when they're in Mexico!
Sure they do... Just America shouldn't have to pay for it. Also if they have an abortions I heard they get a check from crime stoppers
ILLEGAL, get it no don't spend our money them. Don't give our money to someone that should NOT be here and try spending that on our Vets, They need it more then them. (map)
That's a dilemma for right wing bible thumpers. Abort an illegal baby or pay for it for 18 years.
Give it to them one less Illegal anchor Welfare baby.
Cheaper to pay for an abortion than a pregnancy, birth and then medical care for the kid.
While abortions are cheaper than pregnancy, why are we paying for anything short of them being deported? They need to go back to their own country. Let their own country pay for their abortions and pregnancies. They are illegal aliens, so get them out of here now. Why are they waiting?
The money the ACLU is spending on this lawsuit THEY could pay for the abortions themselves!!!
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