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The Justice Department accused the ACLU of lying in a federal court case about the timing of an illegal immigrant girl’s abortion, and asked the Supreme Court on Friday to take the case and overturn a decision that critics say creates a constitutional right for illegal immigrants to have abortions in the U.S.

The administration says the American Civil Liberties Union rushed the 17-year-old illegal immigrant to get an abortion in order to prevent any chance for more legal wrangling last month.

Justice Department lawyers said they’d been preparing to ask the Supreme Court to take up the case, but the ACLU’s speedy abortion for the girl identified in court documents only as “J.D.,” an abbreviation for Jane Doe, short-circuited that.

“The government planned to seek an emergency stay from this Court before Ms. Doe could obtain an abortion,” the government said in its brief. “Ms. Doe’s appointment was changed so that instead of obtaining counseling at 7:30 a.m. on October 25, she would undergo an abortion at 4:15 a.m. that morning, just hours before the government planned to file its stay application.”

Justice Department lawyers said the ACLU didn’t report the change, and said that could be seen as a violation of their obligations as lawyers.

“Disciplinary action may therefore be warranted,” the department said…. (Excerpts from Alex Swoyer’s article in The Washington Times entitled “DOJ petitions Supreme Court, accuses ACLU of lying in illegal minor’s abortion case”)