Philadelphia Official, Pro-Life Advocates Respond to Teen Forced Abortion Case

Philadelphia, PA (LifeNews.com) -- News of a teenager who was taken to New Jersey from her foster mother and allegedly pressured by city health department officials to have an abortion is drawing outrage from pro-life advocates. Philadelphia's Department of Human Services is the subject of controversy in the sordid tale.

As LifeNews.com has reported, a teenager in the Pennsylvania foster care program became pregnant.

When the state Department of Human Services (DHS) found out, they asked for a family court order approving the state to take her in for an abortion -- despite the fact that her mother refused to consent.
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