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Friday, October 20, 2017

“Same Rules Apply: How a favorite conservative weapon during the Obama era should be used to block Trump’s contraception mandate rewrite.” Brianne Gorod has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 10:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court delays abortion for undocumented teen; gives government time to find her a sponsor”: Maria Sacchetti and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Appeals court gives feds 11 days to find sponsor for illegal minor seeking abortion.”

Brent Kendall and Laura Meckler of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump Administration Can Block Teenage Illegal Immigrant’s Abortion Till Oct. 31; Appeals court rules HHS should find a private sponsor for the girl so she can obtain the procedure.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Court blocks undocumented teen’s abortion — for now.”

Joseph Tanfani of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Appeals court delays abortion for immigrant held in federal detention.”

Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman reports that “Appeals court ruling delays abortion for immigrant teen in Texas.”

Jackie Wang of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Court rules a sponsor can take an unauthorized migrant teen in Texas to have an abortion.”

Lawrence Hurley and Ian Simpson of Reuters report that “U.S. court blocks immigrant teen’s bid to obtain abortion.”

Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “DC court blocks for now immigrant teen’s access to abortion.”

Eric Levenson and Tal Kopan of CNN.com report that “Court delays abortion for undocumented teen in detention.”

Renuka Rayasam and Josh Gerstein of Politico.com report that “Appeals court looks for compromise on abortion for undocumented minor; Ruling gives feds until Oct. 31 to find sponsor who can take teen out of custody.”

Ema O’Connor of BuzzFeed News reports that “Court Orders More Delays For Undocumented Teenager Seeking An Abortion; A court ruling Friday will postpone the pregnant 17-year-old’s request that the Trump administration allow her to get an abortion.”

And Giulia Afiune and Claire Allbright of The Texas Tribune report that “Federal appeals court blocks undocumented teen’s request for immediate abortion.”

You can access today’s order of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link and a dissenting opinion at this link.

Posted at 10:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Immigrant’s abortion case fosters lively court debate, no ruling yet”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Giulia Afiune of The Texas Tribune reports that “Federal appeals court hears case of undocumented teen seeking abortion in Texas.”

In commentary, The Los Angeles Times has an editorial titled “The U.S. government can’t hold undocumented pregnant teens hostage when they want an abortion.”

And online at The New York Times, columnist Michelle Goldberg has an essay titled “The Trump Administration’s Power Over a Pregnant Girl.”

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



Access the live audio stream of this morning’s D.C. Circuit oral argument in Garza v. Hargan: Via this link (Adobe flash required). Thanks to Fix the Court for making the request that resulted in this live audio feed.

In news coverage, Brent Kendall and Laura Meckler of The Wall Street Journal report that “Appeals Court to Review Case of Undocumented Teenager Seeking Abortion; Judge ordered Department of Health and Human Services to allow her to leave shelter to obtain procedure.”

Posted at 9:52 AM by Howard Bashman