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Supreme Court Tosses Ruling Forcing Trump Administration To Provide Abortion To Illegal Immigrant Teen

Emily Zanotti

The Supreme Court dealt a blow to abortion activists Monday, overturning an order from a lower court forcing the Trump Administration to facilitate an abortion for an illegal immigrant teenager.

Like the religious freedom ruling also issued Monday, though, the abortion ruling is narrow. The Court declared the issue moot in a specific case of a “Jane Doe” teen who was seeking an abortion while living in a “government-funded shelter” after being captured crossing the border illegally, reports The Washington Post.

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