Court orders Trump administration to allow 2 illegal immigrants to receive abortions

The Trump administration must allow two illegal immigrants access to abortions, according to a U.S. district judge’s ruling on Monday.

The order was placed on hold by Judge Tanya Chutkan to allow the Justice Department to appeal the ruling. In response, the Justice Department filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

The ruling is the latest development after a 17-year-old girl, who was in the U.S. illegally, petitioned the court to allow her to receive an abortion in October.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided on Oct. 24 that the minor could have an abortion performed immediately.

In the latest case, Chutkan wrote the girls’ “constitutional right to decide whether to carry their pregnancies to term” needed to be safeguarded in the ruling. In the legal action, the minors are known as Jane Roe and Jane Poe.