US official says rape and abortion both forms of violence

HOUSTON (AP) — The government official in charge of the agency that shelters unaccompanied immigrant children says in a newly-released document that abortion and rape are both forms of “violence.”
Scott Lloyd heads the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which faces an ongoing lawsuit over its refusal to allow teens in its care to have abortions.
A court document Thursday includes a memo in which Lloyd explains why he would not ap