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Murray: Congress Needs Answers on Trump Administration Treatment of Young Women in HHS Custody

Statement

Date: Nov. 1, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Women Health and Health Care Reproduction

Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) failed to respond to Murray's inquiry demanding answers about the Trump Administration's effort to block unaccompanied minors from accessing abortions.

"The Trump Administration's interference with Jane Doe's constitutionally protected right to safe, legal abortion care was appalling--and I continue to be deeply concerned that this effort to control young women's health care choices was not an isolated incident. Congress needs thorough answers and full transparency from the Trump Administration about how it is treating young women in their care--and we need them now."


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