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Who Is Scott Stewart, the Lawyer Representing Missouri in Abortion Case?
Scott Stewart, the lawyer representing Mississippi, was at the center of a 2017 abortion controversy.
By @GiuliaHeyward
@nytimes
nytimes.com/2021/12/01/us/…
Scott Stewart, the lawyer representing Mississippi, was at the center of a 2017 abortion controversy.
By @GiuliaHeyward
@nytimes
nytimes.com/2021/12/01/us/…
“When a pregnant, undocumented 17-yr-old staying in a fed refugee shelter in TX sought an abortion in 2017, it was the job of Scott Stewart, then a @TheJusticeDept lawyer, to help defend the ultimatum issued by the Trump admin: go through w/the pregnancy — or leave the country.
“The girl had obtained a court order allowing her to have the procedure, but the govt was preventing her from leaving the shelter for the appt. That decision, Mr. Stewart argued, did not create an undue burden on the minor. ‘She can get relief w/ voluntary departure,’ he argued.
