Abortion rights supporters demonstrate outside the Department of Health and Human Services in October to protest the Trump administration’s efforts to block migrant teens in U.S. custody from getting abortions. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)The Trump administration’s policy blocking abortion services for pregnant teenagers in immigration custody functions as “an across-the-board ban” on access to the procedure, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Amiri’s colleagues receive one to three calls each week, she said, from teens in shelters seeking information about abortion services. Last March, a federal judge in Washington issued a nationwide order that prevented the government from interfering with access to abortion services. Two years in, Trump’s appeals court confirmations reached a historic high pointLocal newsletters: Local headlines (8 a.m.) | Afternoon Buzz (4 p.m.)Like PostLocal on Facebook | Follow @postlocal on Twitter | Latest local news

Source: Washington Post June 14, 2019 17:13 UTC