Justice Dept. alleges ACLU misled government about timing of teen's abortion
Source: The Hill
BY MAX GREENWOOD - 11/03/17 11:21 AM EDT
The Justice Department has filed a petition with the Supreme Court alleging that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) misled the U.S. government about the timing of a young undocumented immigrant's abortion procedure late last month after a bitter legal fight.
In a petition for a writ of certiorari on Friday, the Justice Department asked the high court to vacate a lower court's decision permitting the 17-year-old immigrant referred to in court documents as "Jane Doe" to move forward with the abortion, and to weigh whether to discipline the girls' lawyers for allegedly lying to government attorneys.
The government asked to be kept informed of the timing of Ms. Does abortion procedure, and one of respondents counsel agreed to do so," the brief says, noting that government attorneys had notified Doe's lawyers at the time that they intended file a stay application. But before Justice Department lawyers were able to file that stay, the girl left the Texas detention center where she was being held and obtained the abortion at 4:15 a.m., according to the brief.
"Ms. Does representatives did three things: they secured the services of Ms. Does original physician (who had provided counseling the previous week), moved her appointment from 7:30 to 4:15 a.m. on the morning of October 25, and changed the appointment from counseling to an abortion," the brief says.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/358620-doj-alleges-aclu-misled-government-about-timing-of-teens-abortion
C Moon
(12,212 posts)gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)it's partly an ego thing now
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)But the abortion has already occurred. So they're wasting public money trying to change something that can't be undone. I suppose they're looking at some allegedly improper procedure so as to bust the ACLU lawyers, but it's still stupid.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,623 posts)Using the word "timing" implies that the ACLU deceived the public about the circumstances behind the pregnancy or why she wanted one, like saying she was not so far along or lying about her immigration status. Instead, Sessions is just mad he was outsmarted by some slick Yankee lawyers.
His statement at the end of the article says it all.
angrychair
(8,689 posts)No government money was needed or used. Not one cent of taxpayer money was used for her medical care.
FUCK THESE ASSHOLES!!
procon
(15,805 posts)Its beyond bizarre that the DOJ is still at it, persecuting her for a legal medical procedure.
bucolic_frolic
(43,122 posts)onenote
(42,684 posts)angrychair
(8,689 posts)It implies that the government wanted to make her stop long enough so they could fill a petition in court to order her to stop.
They are making demands they have no right to demand but they seem to think they do and that is the part that should worry everybody.
Fuck these assholes!
csziggy
(34,135 posts)In previous stories, it was said that she was told she was being taken to a clinic to get her abortion but instead was taken to a pregnancy crisis center which tried to dissuade her from getting one. Wouldn't that count as the required counseling under Texas law?
From the link in the OP:
Texas law requires women planning to undergo abortions to attend counseling 24 hours in advance of the procedure.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)She had no obligation to tell the government anything. One the court cleared the way she was free to proceed without anyone knowing.
lark
(23,083 posts)Suck on it, she made her choice and your hate lost the day, hahahahaha.