Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block abortion for immigrant teen

By JOSH GERSTEIN and RENUKA RAYASAM 12/18/2017 07:15 PM EST Updated 12/18/2017 11:29 PM EST

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block an abortion for a teenage girl in immigration custody, even as federal officials gave up their fight to prevent another undocumented immigrant teen from terminating her pregnancy.

The moves came just hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to permit abortions as soon as Tuesday evening for both pregnant 17-year-old girls being held in federally funded shelters in different states.

The Justice Department did not provide a detailed explanation of its decision to acquiesce in one girl's decision while continuing to seek to block the other teen from getting an abortion, but simply cited "differing circumstances."

The teen whom officials are no longer trying to stop from terminating her pregnancy is believed to be about 22 weeks pregnant, nearing the time many states ban elective abortion.

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