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Immigrant girls who request abortions while in federal custody are being referred to counseling centers recommended by an anti-abortion group.
Jane Doe said in a statement: “People I don’t even know are trying to make me change my mind. I made my decision and that is between me and God.”
“There are no winners in cases like these. But there sure are losers,” writes a dissenting judge on the panel.
“The government may not want to facilitate abortion, but it cannot block it. It is doing that here,” the federal judge also writes in her ruling.
This week, we look into pregnancy and the ways people try to prevent it, end it and save it.