After a string of rulings and reversals in the case, the American Civil Liberties Union says that Jane Doe was finally able to get the treatment she had sought. She was referred to as Jane Doe to protect her privacy as a minor and a medical patient.
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“People I don’t even know are trying to make me change my mind,” Doe said in a statement from the ACLU. “I made my decision and that is between me and God. Through all of this, I have never changed my mind.”
Federal and state officials have said that because of the young woman’s immigration status, she had no inherent right to an elective abortion in the U.S.
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