The Federal Government's Plenary Immigration Power Collides with the Constitutional Right to an Abortion (Part 2)

Smith, Hillel R. ; Shimabukuro, Jon O.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Judicial decisions;    Immigration law;    Illegal aliens;    Abortion;   

RP-ID  :  LSB10033
RP-ID  :  LSB10033_2017Nov27

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report is the secondt in a two-part series discussing "Garza v. Hargan", a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit involving a detained unaccompanied alien minor and the right to terminate a pregnancy. Debate among judges regarding the right of an unaccompanied alien minor to have an abortion when the minor was detained at the border and technically never formally entered the United States are discussed.