{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-says-trump-administration-s-delay-of-an-abortion-for", "Norton Says Trump Administrations Delay of an Abortion for Unaccompanied Minor Denies Her Constitutional Right and Jeopardizes Her Health", "2017-10-21", "2017", "2017-10", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia yesterday issued a ruling allowing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to delay a 17-year-old unaccompanied minor, who is 15 weeks pregnant and being held in a government shelter in Texas under HHS supervision, from having an abortion she desires.\u00a0 The court allowed HHS until October 31 to find a \u201csponsor\u201d for the young woman.\u00a0 The administration appealed after the District Court here ruled in her favor.\n\u201cThe Trump administration is jeopardizing a young woman\u2019s health for political reasons in violation of her constitutional right to an abortion.\u00a0 The Constitution not only protects a woman\u2019s right to have an abortion, but the Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be undue burdens placed on that right.\u00a0 This young woman has already met all the necessary steps required in Texas for an abortion, and she has been appointed a guardian who is willing to go with her to the session.\u00a0 It is an unprecedented outrage to delay this young woman\u2019s right to an abortion after she has met all the requirements.\u00a0 The decision permitting 10 additional days of an unwanted pregnancy puts the federal government in the position of blocking an abortion that no court has found to be unlawful.\u00a0 The only appropriate course is for HHS to drop its appeal.\u201d\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-says-trump-administration-s-delay-of-an-abortion-for"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3599623925983906, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}