ABORTION/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday [10-24-17] ruled the Trump administration must allow an undocumented teenager to leave government custody so she may seek an abortion, a major swing in a case that touches on two highly divisive political issues.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, with nearly all active judges participating, voted 6-3 along ideological lines in favor of the teen, with liberal-leaning judges in the majority and conservatives in dissent.
The appeals court’s action reinstates a trial judge’s court order last week that said the administration must permit a 17-year-old, known anonymously in court papers as Jane Doe, to leave the shelter where she is detained so she can visit an abortion clinic.
Tuesday’s ruling supplants a ruling by a three-judge panel of the same court last Friday, which said the Trump administration could prevent the abortion until Oct. 31 while it sought a solution.”
-Brent Kendall, “Court Rules Trump Administration Must Allow Undocumented Teen to Seek Abortion,” The Wall Street Journal online, Oct. 24, 2017 03:50pm