Biden-era policy indirectly paying for unaccompanied minors' abortions rescinded by Trump DOJ

The Trump administration reversed a Biden-era legal opinion from the Department of Justice on Thursday that permitted taxpayer dollars to be used for ancillary services associated with helping someone obtain an abortion, such as transportation costs. The policy was particularly used in aiding unaccompanied minor migrants to get abortions, according to the Trump administration.In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022, the Health and Human Services Department took the view that taxpayer dollars – even though prohibited by Congress from being used to pay for abo