Planned Parenthood Demands Trump Official Who Characterized Abortion as âViolenceâ Be Fired
Scott Lloyd
Scott Lloyd  and other Trump-Pence administration officials are willing to put women's health  lives  and rights at risk to further  their  own extreme agendas. This ends now. https://t.co/fAHBZyNrxz pic.twitter.com/81evfdwg3F â Planned Parenthood (@PPact) December 22  2017
In declining to authorize the illegal immigrantâs abortion   ORR director Scott Lloyd  wrote in a memo  âI disagree â with the notion that declining to help a woman who became pregnant as a result of rape to obtain an abortion is âa form of violence against the mother.â
âThis memo makes clear that  Scott Lloyd  should immediately be removed from  his  position as director of ORR â said Dana Singiser  Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). âHe is unfit to serve in government.  Lloyd  is imposing his personal beliefs on the young women in his agencyâs careâto control their bodies and violate their constitutional rights. His overreach and abuse of power puts these young womenâs lives in danger.â
 Scott Lloyd  may think that undocumented women are not entitled to basic rights or control over their own bodies  but they deserve support and justice.  Scott Lloyd  must go: https://t.co/ddO6rmPbfc #JusticeForJane pic.twitter.com/wvGjMzl559 â Planned Parenthood (@PPact) December 24  2017
Planned Parenthood is urging its supporters to send letters to their members of Congress  demanding that  Lloyd  be fired.
â Scott Lloyd  and other Trump-Pence administration officials are willing to put womenâs health  lives  and rights at risk to further their own extreme agendas â states the abortion provider  adding:
 Scott Lloyd  may think that as undocumented immigrants  these women are not entitled to basic rights or control over their own bodies  but these women deserve support and justice. This is unconstitutional and unacceptable. Itâs time for  Scott Lloyd  to go.
Jane Poe asked  again and again  to exercise her right to an abortion.  Scott Lloyd  â against her legal rights *and* her wishes for her body and life â said no. This is downright dystopian. pic.twitter.com/bcVDlm2KXh â Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) December 21  2017
Trump administration official Scott Lloyd  whose body and life is NOT on the line  decided it wasnât in a young womanâs âbest interestâ to have an abortion. https://t.co/Qce5jtX5z0 #JusticeForJane â NARAL (@NARAL) December 22  2017
 Scott Lloyd  director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement   knew that Jane Poe was pregnant as a result of rape and that her mind was made up about wanting an abortion.  He  still denied her right to abortion care. #JusticeforJane â ACLU (@ACLU) December 21  2017
 Lloyd  explained in  his  memo that the illegal immigrant teen  referred to as âJane Poe â claimed she became pregnant as a result of rape by an attacker  but also said she had âa boyfriend in her home country with whom she had intercourse.â
âSeveral weeks after the assault  she made the journey to the United States where she attempted to cross the border illegally  but was apprehended at the border â  he  continued  further indicating the teen was persistent in expressing her desire for an abortion.
âAt nearly 22 weeks  the child has at least a fighting chance at survival if born â  Lloyd  wrote. âThe most likely method of abortion in this instance is Dilation and Evacuation abortion. This particular form of abortion is one that even many abortionists find troublesome.â
 Lloyd  cited the words of abortionist Dr. Lisa Harris  who admitted  âThere is violence in abortion  especially in second trimester procedures.â
 Lloyd  continued:
Certainly  it is understandable that a woman who is pregnant from the vile actions of a criminal would want to terminate her pregnancy. I do not  and am in no position to  judge anyone who has taken such an action or supported another in doing so. But I cannot authorize  our  program to participate in the abortion requested here  even in this most difficult case. Here  where the pregnancy is advanced to such a late stage   we  have in stark relief the reality that abortion entails  as Dr. Harris candidly admitted  violence that has the ultimate destruction of another human being as its goal. â¦ Implicit here are the dubious notions that it is possible to cure violence with further violence  and that the destruction of an unborn childâs life can in some instances be acceptable as a means to an end. To decline to assist in an abortion here is to decline to participate in violence against an innocent life. She remains pregnant  but this is not the intent of our actions. Moral and criminal responsibility for the pregnancy lies with the attacker  and no one else.
[TGT] and other Trump-Pence administration officials are willing to put women's health  lives  and rights at risk to further   [TGT]   own extreme agendas. This ends now. https://t.co/fAHBZyNrxz pic.twitter.com/81evfdwg3F â Planned Parenthood (@PPact) December 22  2017
In declining to authorize the illegal immigrantâs abortion    [TGT] wrote in a memo  âI disagree â with the notion that declining to help a woman who became pregnant as a result of rape to obtain an abortion is âa form of violence against the mother.â
âThis memo makes clear that   [TGT] should immediately be removed from   [TGT]   position as director of ORR â said Dana Singiser  Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). âHe is unfit to serve in government.   [TGT] is imposing his personal beliefs on the young women in his agencyâs careâto control their bodies and violate their constitutional rights. His overreach and abuse of power puts these young womenâs lives in danger.â
 Scott Lloyd  may think that undocumented women are not entitled to basic rights or control over their own bodies  but they deserve support and justice.   [TGT] must go: https://t.co/ddO6rmPbfc #JusticeForJane pic.twitter.com/wvGjMzl559 â Planned Parenthood (@PPact) December 24  2017
Planned Parenthood is urging its supporters to send letters to their members of Congress  demanding that   [TGT] be fired.
 [TGT] and other Trump-Pence administration officials are willing to put womenâs health  lives  and rights at risk to further their own extreme agendas â states the abortion provider  adding:
  [TGT] may think that as undocumented immigrants  these women are not entitled to basic rights or control over their own bodies  but these women deserve support and justice. This is unconstitutional and unacceptable. Itâs time for   [TGT] to go.
Jane Poe asked  again and again  to exercise her right to an abortion.   [TGT] â against her legal rights *and* her wishes for her body and life â said no. This is downright dystopian. pic.twitter.com/bcVDlm2KXh â Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) December 21  2017
Trump administration official Scott Lloyd  whose body and life is NOT on the line  decided it wasnât in a young womanâs âbest interestâ to have an abortion. https://t.co/Qce5jtX5z0 #JusticeForJane â NARAL (@NARAL) December 22  2017
  [TGT] knew that Jane Poe was pregnant as a result of rape and that her mind was made up about wanting an abortion.   [TGT]   still denied her right to abortion care. #JusticeforJane â ACLU (@ACLU) December 21  2017
  [TGT] explained in   [TGT]   memo that the illegal immigrant teen  referred to as âJane Poe â claimed she became pregnant as a result of rape by an attacker  but also said she had âa boyfriend in her home country with whom she had intercourse.â
âSeveral weeks after the assault  she made the journey to the United States where she attempted to cross the border illegally  but was apprehended at the border â  he  continued  further indicating the teen was persistent in expressing her desire for an abortion.
âAt nearly 22 weeks  the child has at least a fighting chance at survival if born â   [TGT] wrote. âThe most likely method of abortion in this instance is Dilation and Evacuation abortion. This particular form of abortion is one that even many abortionists find troublesome.â
  [TGT] cited the words of abortionist Dr. Lisa Harris  who admitted  âThere is violence in abortion  especially in second trimester procedures.â
  [TGT] continued:
Certainly  it is understandable that a woman who is pregnant from the vile actions of a criminal would want to terminate her pregnancy. I do not  and am in no position to  judge anyone who has taken such an action or supported another in doing so. But I cannot authorize   [TGT]   program to participate in the abortion requested here  even in this most difficult case. Here  where the pregnancy is advanced to such a late stage   we  have in stark relief the reality that abortion entails  as Dr. Harris candidly admitted  violence that has the ultimate destruction of another human being as its goal. â¦ Implicit here are the dubious notions that it is possible to cure violence with further violence  and that the destruction of an unborn childâs life can in some instances be acceptable as a means to an end. To decline to assist in an abortion here is to decline to participate in violence against an innocent life. She remains pregnant  but this is not the intent of our actions. Moral and criminal responsibility for the pregnancy lies with the attacker  and no one else.