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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled Friday that...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eA Washington appeals court is blocking for now an abortion sought by a 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children.\u003cbr/\u003e              The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled Friday that the government should have until the evening of Oct. 31 to release the teenager to an adult sponsor. \u003cbr/\u003e              If released to a sponsor, the teen could obtain the procedure.\u003cbr/\u003e              The teen, whose name has been withheld, has already received a state court order permitting her to have the abortion. Federal officials have refused to transport her or temporarily release her so that others may take her to have the procedure.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"In Texas, it's only legal to have an abortion until the pregnant person is about 20 weeks into their pregnancy, and this young woman is according to media reports, about 15 weeks pregnant at this point,\" said Emily Werth, a staff attorney with the ACLU in Chicago.\u003cbr/\u003e              A federal trial court judge had ruled for the teen, but the government appealed. The appeals court heard arguments Friday before ruling.\u003cbr/\u003e              The teen, who crossed into the U.S. in September and learned she was pregnant while in custody, received a state court order permitting her to have an abortion. But federal officials have refused to transport her or temporarily release her so that others may take her to have an abortion.\u003cbr/\u003e              A lawyer arguing on behalf of the teen told the judges that all the government needs to do is \"get out of the way.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e              Trump administration lawyer Catherine Dorsey told the judges Friday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is responsible for sheltering children who illegally enter the country unaccompanied by a parent, has a policy of \"refusing to facilitate\" abortions and that releasing the teen would require arranging a transfer of custody and follow-up care.\u003cbr/\u003e              Dorsey said the teen can ask to be returned to her home country, which her lawyers have said is in Central America. Asked whether the teen's home country permits abortions, Dorsey said no. The teen could also be released into the custody of a so-called adult sponsor, such as a relative in the United States.\u003cbr/\u003e              Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who was appointed by George W. Bush, suggested that releasing the teen to a sponsor would seem to be the best option. That, he said, would get the teen out of the facility where she is being held, allow her to obtain an abortion and leave the government out of it. Brigitte Amiri, a lawyer for the ACLU representing the girl, said that a sponsor hadn't yet been found and that the process could take months.\u003cbr/\u003e              Kavanaugh also pointed out that adult women in immigration detention centers who are pregnant have access to abortions, a difference from juveniles. Told that the considerations are different for adults, Kavanaugh asked, \"Why?\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Judge Patricia Millett, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, indicated she believed the government should be required to allow the girl to obtain an abortion. The third judge on the panel, George H.W. Bush-appointee Karen Henderson, participated by phone but asked few questions.\u003cbr/\u003e              A federal trial court judge ruled for the teen earlier this week, but the government appealed. The appeals court permitted the teen to obtain required pre-abortion counseling on Thursday. Texas requires women seeking an abortion to meet with the doctor who will perform the procedure a day beforehand.\u003cbr/\u003e              Jane's Due Process, a Texas group that works with pregnant minors seeking an abortion, says it and other local groups have raised money to pay for the procedure. An attorney appointed to represent the teen's interests has said she can transport the teen to and from appointments.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Chicago - 20 October 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Mid of ACLU Staff Attorney Emily Werth at front desk \u003cbr/\u003e              2. SOUNDBITE (English) Emily Werth, ACLU Staff Attorney \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Basically, the government is arguing that because this woman is an immigrant minor, they have the right to ban her from having an abortion, and I think that people are very upset at the government asserting that it can tell anyone whether or when to become a parent.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Mid of Werth at front desk\u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (English) Emily Werth, ACLU Staff Attorney \u003cbr/\u003e              \"This young woman's lawyers are arguing that she has the constitutional right to decide whether or not to terminate this pregnancy. And she has decided to have an abortion, but the federal government is obstructing her in that decision, so her attorneys are arguing the government is violating her constitutional rights.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              5. Tight of Werth at front desk \u003cbr/\u003e              6.  SOUNDBITE (English) Emily Werth, ACLU Staff Attorney \u003cbr/\u003e              \"The facility where she is staying at the instructions of the government is refusing to allow her to leave the facility to travel to the abortion clinic for the procedure.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Wide of Werth at her own desk and computer\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (English) Emily Werth, ACLU Staff Attorney \u003cbr/\u003e              \"This young woman has been involved in a legal process for over a month that initially started in state court because she was present in Texas and seeking to have an abortion in Texas, which is a state that has a mandatory parental consent law, and she was not able to get consent from her parents to have the abortion. She went to court and got what is called a \"judicial bypass\" through a fairly intimate and arduous process where a state court judge in Texas granted her legal permission to make the decision to have the abortion even without involving her parents. But after she received that order from the state court judge giving her that right, the federal government stepped in.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Mid of Werth at her computer\u003cbr/\u003e              10. SOUNDBITE (English) Emily Werth, ACLU Staff Attorney \u003cbr/\u003e              \"In Texas, it's only legal to have an abortion until the pregnant person is about 20 weeks into their pregnancy, and this young woman is according to media reports, about 15 weeks pregnant at this point. She has already been obstructed for over three weeks by the federal government in her efforts to obtain the abortion, and if they are able to successfully continue to prevent her from leaving the shelter, and going to the clinic for her procedure in a matter of weeks, she will get to the point where legally she is no longer able to obtain an abortion, and she will essentially have been forced to continue a pregnancy, and give birth against her wishes by the federal government.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              11. Mid of Werth at her computer\u003cbr/\u003e              12. 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