of Social Services."
See n. 4, infra.
[3]  At the time this action was filed, Mary Poe, a 16-year-old high school junior, had already obtained an abortion at a Connecticut hospital. Apparently because of Poe's inability to obtain a certificate of medical necessity, the hospital was denied reimbursement by the Department of Social Services. As a result, Poe was being pressed to pay the hospital bill of $244. Susan Roe, an unwed mother of three children, was unable to obtain an abortion because of her physician's refusal to certify that the procedure was medically necessary. By consent, a temporary restraining order was entered by the District Court enjoining the Connecticut officials from refusing to pay for Roe's abortion. After the remand from the Court of Appeals, the District CourtPLO official Hanan Ashrawi (right) with Canada‘s Representative to Palestine Douglas Scott Proudfoot at the PLO headquarters in Ramallah.

RAMALLAH, February 23, 2017, (WAFA) – Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Thursday thanked Canada for its opposition to Israeli settlements and urged it to take more concrete action in support of Palestine.

Ashrawi extended during a meeting with Canada’s Representative to Palestine, Douglas Scott Proudfoot, at the PLO Headquarters in Ramallah her appreciation to Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland for affirming recently that settlements are illegal under international law, according to a statement issued by Ashrawi’s office.

She also called on the Canadian government to take concrete action and support Palestine in international forums.

“We hope that with this government, Canada will embark on a