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Judge orders Trump administration to allow abortion for undocumented teen
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Posted on 10/18/2017 3:50:54 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Judge orders Trump administration to allow abortion for undocumented teen

By Maria Sacchetti October 18 at 4:32 PM

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to allow an undocumented teenager in its custody to have an abortion, after saying she was “astounded” the Trump administration was trying to prevent the procedure.

Lawyers for Attorney General Jeff Sessions signaled to U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan in Washington that the 17-year-old, who crossed the border from Mexico illegally last month, did not have a constitutional right to an elective abortion in federal custody, unless it was a medical emergency.

Chutkan, an Obama administration nominee, said the government appeared to be presenting the teenager identified in court papers as “Jane Doe” with two options: Voluntarily return to a nation she fled to procure an abortion, or carry an unwanted pregnancy to term.

“I am astounded by that position,” Chutkan said in a 40-minute hearing that was mostly consumed by a back-and-forth between the judge and Scott Stewart, a deputy assistant attorney general.

She ordered the government to transport the teenager to have the procedure — or allow her guardian to transport her — “promptly and without delay.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; immigration
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Who is the father? Who are the parents?

Why is this the taxpayers / citizens of this country now their problem?

1 posted on 10/18/2017 3:50:54 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
It is not up to us to make this decision for the family.

The girl needs to be returned to her family, and they can work it out. It's none of our business.

Judge, take a chill pill...

The following is not directed to you . Sub-Driver


Folks, don't just talk about it, support Free Republic. NOW!

2 posted on 10/18/2017 3:56:08 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (John McBane is the turd in the national punch-bowl.)
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To: Sub-Driver
In summer 2017 Chutkan was presiding over the Imran Awan and Hina Alvi fraud case.[13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_S._Chutkan

100% O-bot.

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3 posted on 10/18/2017 3:56:14 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Sub-Driver

Appeal the ruling and delay the procedure.


4 posted on 10/18/2017 3:56:42 PM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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To: Sub-Driver

She is here illegally, why does she have any “rights” at all, much less “rights” paid for by legal taxpayers?


5 posted on 10/18/2017 3:56:46 PM PDT by Fungi (What the hell is a fungus?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Like the Congress, the federal judiciary is a swamp. But Congress does nothing. Our courts kill babies or hand them over to “two daddy” families.


6 posted on 10/18/2017 3:57:17 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: Sub-Driver

Remove all illegal aliens, they are the problem of their home country.


7 posted on 10/18/2017 3:58:28 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Sub-Driver

Why is deportation taking so long? Get this criminal back home, immediately, and let her own country pay for her to murder her child if they want that baby dead.


8 posted on 10/18/2017 3:58:47 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Sub-Driver

Deport her....she’s here illegally.


9 posted on 10/18/2017 3:59:00 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: taxcontrol

I indeed hope they do just that


10 posted on 10/18/2017 3:59:34 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: Sub-Driver

Deport her ass..whatever she decides to do let her do it in Mexico!


11 posted on 10/18/2017 4:00:21 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sub-Driver

Why does an illegal alien have access to our court system?


12 posted on 10/18/2017 4:00:39 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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Since when does a judge in the USA have the authority to unilaterally order the death penalty?

What moral ground does a judge have to order the death penalty for the most innocent of human beings (ie - what crime has the one slated for execution commit? Being conceived?).

This demonstrates why abortion is wrong...


13 posted on 10/18/2017 4:01:12 PM PDT by TheBattman (Gun control works - just ask Chicago...)
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To: Sub-Driver

Incredible! Ignore the order! This is outrageous.
DOJ should tell the hospital administrator that the US taxpayers are not paying for an elective abortion so this wetback can kill her baby.


14 posted on 10/18/2017 4:05:19 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Sub-Driver

Is abortion illegal in Mexico?


15 posted on 10/18/2017 4:05:19 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Fungi

14th Amendment basically says that all “persons” in the US have the same rights of citizens. (The wording was used because Southern states tried to deny citizenship to freedmen). Of course the “right” to an abortion was created by our betters on the Supreme Court.

Now where the “right” to a taxpayer-funded abortion comes from, I have no idea. Taxpayers aren’t required to fund my right (a right that is actually mentioned in the Constitution) to a firearm.


16 posted on 10/18/2017 4:06:12 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Sub-Driver

I predict this is a contrived test of the Roe vs Wade decision and SCOTUS in general.

It’s a long-term proposition. Question everything and something will pop for you.


17 posted on 10/18/2017 4:09:13 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: Sub-Driver

Judge Tanya S. Chutkan was born in Kingston, Jamaica and appointed to the
US District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2014 by Barack Obama.


18 posted on 10/18/2017 4:11:10 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Libtards wish anarchy and death for others, but not for themselves.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Deport her ass..whatever she decides to do let her do it in Mexico!

And that goes for the Jamaican judge too!

19 posted on 10/18/2017 4:13:14 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Libtards wish anarchy and death for others, but not for themselves.)
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To: TheBattman
This demonstrates why abortion is wrong...

Very similar to the Charlie Gard death in the socialized medicine UK.

20 posted on 10/18/2017 4:14:45 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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