Marc Bettencourt

The letter was sent by California Attorney General Rob Bonta in the wake of a six-month investigation by NPR member stations.

The story exposed a federal directive to send pregnant migrant children to a single group home in South Texas beginning last July.

Child welfare advocates say the move was intended to detain the pregnant girls in a state where abortion is illegal.

A Biden-era rule requires the government to provide unaccompanied children access to abortion services, but the administration is currently trying to remove that rule.

The attorneys general say the policy change could keep the girls from getting, quote, life- or health-saving abortion care.

For NPR News, I'm Marc Bettencourt.

We'll be right back.

A Biden-era rule requires the government to provide unaccompanied children access to abortion services, but the administration is currently trying to remove that rule.

The attorneys general say the policy change could keep the girls from getting, quote, life- or health-saving abortion care.

For NPR News, I'm Marc Bettencourt.