<p>Migrant women in detention centers might soon be given the option of getting an abortion even if the procedure is illegal within the state where the woman is held.</p>
<p>A memorandum from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tae Johnson offered details regarding the new policy.</p>
<p>&#8220;This memorandum serves as a reminder of existing ICE policies and standards requiring that pregnant individuals detained in ICE immigration custody have access to full reproductive health care,&#8221; read the letter sent to agency official Corey Price, as first <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ice-says-immigrant-women-in-custody-still-entitled-to-abortion-services-11657639375?mod=panda_wsj_author_alert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by The Wall Street Journal.</p>
<p>&#8221;This is also a reminder that, pursuant to existing ICE policy, it may be necessary to transfer a detained pregnant individual within an area of responsibility (AOR) or to another AOR, when appropriate and practicable, in order to ensure such access,&#8221; it added.</p>
<p>ICE facilities already allow abortions for migrants in cases of rape, incest, or a threat to a mother&#8217;s life, per the agency&#8217;s current regulations. The new policy would allow the expansion of access for those detained and awaiting the outcome of asylum claims.</p>
<p>The change is also an action to address trigger laws and new restrictions added in several conservative-led states following the overturn of <em>Roe v. Wade </em>in June. The new ICE policy would take precedence in states with laws that strongly limit abortion, allowing abortions in states where they would otherwise be illegal.</p>
<p>It is unclear how many women the new policy could impact. Though the number of migrants crossing the nation&#8217;s southern border has surged during the Biden administration, the number of women in detention who would seek an abortion while detained is unknown.</p>
<p>The upcoming policy change also signals a strong contrast with former President Donald Trump. Trump administration leaders sought to ban abortion procedures for minor women in detention by ICE, leading to a lengthy legal battle that ended in 2020 with a <a href="https://www.aclu.org/joint-stipulation-dismissal-without-prejudice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy</a> that prohibits Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) staff and staff employed by any ORR-funded shelter from blocking or interfering with an unaccompanied pregnant minor&#8217;s access to abortion.</p>
<p>The memo also follows an executive order signed last week by President Joe Biden that seeks to preserve access to abortion. The order will not change the overturn of <em>Roe v. Wade </em>but offers other options for women who seek abortion access.</p>
<p>“Let me be clear. While I wish it had not come to this, this is the fastest route available,” Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/07/08/remarks-by-president-biden-on-protecting-access-to-reproductive-health-care-services/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “The fastest way to restore <em>Roe</em> is to pass a national law codifying <em>Roe</em>, which I will sign immediately upon its passage on my desk.”</p>
<p>Biden also encouraged Americans to vote in record numbers to support abortion access. He noted the need for two additional pro-abortion rights senators and a pro-abortion rights House needed to &#8220;codify <em>Roe</em>&#8221; as federal law.</p>
<p>“I don’t think the Court—or for that matter the Republicans who for decades have pushed their extreme agenda—have a clue about the power of American women. But they’re about to find out,” Biden said.</p>

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