Obama Admin Took Teen Girls Out of State for Secret Abortions Without Their Parents Knowing

[Revmitchell]

Pro-abortion President Barack Obama’s administration may have skirted parental consent laws by taking teen girls out of state for secret abortions, a federal court document reveals.


Margot Cleveland, a lawyer and writer for The Federalist, found evidence of this buried in a federal court decision last week. The case involved the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the government for giving grants to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to shelter illegal immigrants and human trafficking victims.

The court’s ruling revealed that the Obama administration may have transported pregnant minors in federal custody to states where there are no parental consent laws for abortions.

Obama Admin Took Teen Girls Out of State for Secret Abortions Without Their Parents Knowing | LifeNews.com

 

[carpro]

I doubt this will surprise anyone, for 2 reasons...

1. The Obama administration was rabidly pro abortion.
2. That administration has shown us many times their rampant disregard for the law.

 

[InTheLight]

It wouldn't surprise me if it was done. However, I can see no proof that it was done. I can't even find a hint that it was done in the cited article. Just a bunch of innuendo.

I thought we were supposed to oppose this sort of "reporting".

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[RighteousnessTemperance&]

It wouldn't surprise me if it was done. However, I can see no proof that it was done. I can't even find a hint that it was done in the cited article. Just a bunch of innuendo. I thought we were supposed to oppose this sort of "reporting".

And yet linked in the articles are the court documents which quote them (HHS/ORR) as sounding very much like they state matter-of-factly that it was standard practice (bold highlighting added). "'"This is why termination of pregnancies are done in New Mexico due to the fact that currently (by law) there is no parental consent requirement."'" The parents were in Florida. Texas was not a workaround. New Mexico is the go-to state, because it has no parental consent requirement.

The second, “Maria,” was a victim of rape who became pregnant. ORR was holding Maria at a temporary shelter (possibly in Texas). Maria’s sponsors (her parents) were in Florida. At some point on or before April 17, 2014, Maria said that she wanted an abortion. Maria did not want her parents to know that she was pregnant. Two ORR field specialists looked into the abortion laws in both Texas and Florida and reported that the general rule in both states was that minors could not have abortions without parental consent (absent exceptions, such as obtaining a waiver from a judge). The Texas field specialist emailed other ORR staff members to say, “This is why termination of pregnancies are done in New Mexico due to the fact that currently (by law) there is no parental consent requirement.” The Florida field specialist emailed to say, “both of the shelters in Florida are faith-based and will not take the child to have this procedure.” It appears that as of April 28, 2014, Maria had not received an abortion. There is nothing in the record that indicates that Maria was ever placed with a Bishops Conference subgrantee or that the Conference was involved in this discussion. The record does not clearly indicate what ultimately happened to Maria, but there is no evidence in the record that she was ultimately denied access to abortion services.​

Aclu v Hhs Usccb | American Civil Liberties Union | Establishment Clause

 

[canadyjd]

It is repulsive, but I doubt it was illegal. Minors in federal custody are probably not subject any particular state laws. I could be wrong, but I don't think it's illegal.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

It is repulsive, but I doubt it was illegal. Minors in federal custody are probably not subject any particular state laws. I could be wrong, but I don't think it's illegal.

But if they are not bound by state law, then why take them out of state?

 

[Revmitchell]

There is no federal law that allows for this heinous, sick, and demented activity.

 

[canadyjd]

But if they are not bound by state law, then why take them out of state?

Obviously, they didn't think they could get the abortion in the state they were in.

The girls are in federal custody. They can be sent to any state while in federal custody.

Again, it's repulsive. I doubt it was illegal.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

There is no federal law that allows for this heinous, sick, and demented activity.

Obviously, they didn't think they could get the abortion in the state they were in. The girls are in federal custody. They can be sent to any state while in federal custody. Again, it's repulsive. I doubt it was illegal.

It seems they can always manage, often with the help of leftist judges, to "find" a loophole for doing the wrong thing, but not so much for doing the right thing.