Immigration advocates are concerned the wave of new abortion restrictions after the demise of Roe v Wade will limit access to reproductive care for vulnerable, unaccompanied migrant children in US immigration custody.
As it stands, children under 18 who cross the border and are held in facilities run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) can request abortion care, but often are detained in states like Texas and Arizona with extreme abortion restrictions. As a result, the youth must go through the process of being transferred to another state to access the procedures.
