Friday, 9 March 2018

The U.S. Should Not Be Subjecting Refugees To ‘Reverse’ Abortions

The U.S. government is once again trying to use people of color for its medical experiments ― and once again, Americans aren’t paying enough attention.

A January report revealed Trump administration members discussed interfering with a young woman of color’s abortion while she was in federal custody. According to VICE News, officials in the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) considered delaying a 17-year-old refugee’s abortion procedure and instead engaging in an experimental method to “reverse” the abortion ― a controversial practice that some anti-abortion advocates have campaigned for.

The VICE report details the case of a young woman from El Salvador who was raped before being detained and then sought an abortion while in federal custody. After obtaining a judicial bypass, as required for minors in the state of Texas, the young woman took the first of two pills used in medical abortion procedures.


Source : huffingtonpost

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