ABORTION/DHS/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TEXAS: “After a visit to a federal detention center in Texas earlier this year, Scott Lloyd focused on the details of one pregnant girl. He wanted to ensure she had food she liked and was comfortable, and he wanted to counsel her against having an abortion…
The shelter, for children who cross the U.S. border illegally on their own, is overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services, and Mr. Lloyd runs the HHS office charged with their care.
Under his leadership, the agency has made it a policy to block abortions for teens in its custody. Mr. Lloyd, a 38-year-old lawyer who has long taken socially conservative positions, has repeatedly phoned or met with pregnant girls to discourage abortion since he began his post in March, according to court filings and administration officials.
His efforts thrust the Trump administration into a whirlwind legal battle after another girl, known anonymously in legal papers as Jane Doe, insisted on having an abortion in the face of pressure not to. The administration argued it shouldn’t be forced to facilitate an abortion for the undocumented 17-year-old Central American girl, but an appellate court disagreed, and the abortion was performed Wednesday [10-25-17].
Mr. Lloyd declined to comment for this article.”
-Laura Meckler and Brent Kendall, “Trump Appointee Brings Antiabortion Mission to Immigration Shelters,” The Wall Street Journal online, Oct. 27, 2017 08:53am