Lawyers for the Trump administration asked a court Wednesday night for an emergency order allowing officials to block a pregnant 17-year-old immigrant in federal custody from having an abortion. The woman, known in court as Jane Doe, has been held in an immigrant detention facility in Texas since being detained after crossing the border in September. Soon after her detention, a medical exam found she was pregnant, and she began seeking an abortion. The young woman could get an abortion by returning to her home country, Justice Department lawyers said in their brief to the court. Requiring the government to allow her to go to a clinic for an abortion could "incentivize illegal immigration by pregnant minors," they argued.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 19, 2017 02:37 UTC