Instead, the appeals court panel gave the Department of Health and Human Services 11 days to find a sponsor to take custody of the girl. All the government must do, lawyers wrote Sunday, “is to step aside and stop blocking the door.”The government says it has a policy of “refusing to facilitate” abortions for undocumented minors. The government acknowledged Friday that abortion is illegal in the teen’s home country, the name of which has been sealed in court records. “One way or another we hope that they will decide quickly.”“Very soon she will no longer be able to get an abortion in South Texas,” lawyers wrote in their petition Sunday. If the appeals court declines to review the panel’s decision, the lawyers will likely go to the Supreme Court.

Source: Washington Post October 23, 2017 09:12 UTC