Update at 2:17 p.m.: Revised to include Vice News Tonight's interview with Jane Doe.

AUSTIN — After several legal challenges and appeals, an unaccompanied immigrant minor in Texas had an abortion Wednesday morning.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., ruled Tuesday that the minor, known as "Jane Doe" in court documents, should be allowed to have an abortion. Later that day, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to take Doe or release her to her guardians to be taken to an abortion facility "promptly and without delay."

Brigitte Amiri, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union's Reproductive Freedom Project, represented Doe throughout her federal cases. She said that though Doe had an abortion, the federal government's efforts to intervene with women's choices will continue.

"With this case we have seen the astounding lengths this administration will go to block women from abortion care," Amiri said in a news release. "We will not stop fighting until we have justice for every woman like Jane."

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed friend-of-the-court briefs in Doe's legal challenges in federal courts, called her abortion tragic and avoidable.

"The ruling that paved the way for the abortion violated longstanding Supreme Court precedent on the rights of an unlawfully present person," Paxton said in a prepared statement. "Even the Obama administration's Department of Justice acknowledged that unlawfully present aliens without substantial connections to the country lack the same constitutional rights as citizens. This ruling not only cost a life, it could pave the way for anyone outside the United States to unlawfully enter and obtain an abortion. Life and the Constitution are sacred. We lost some of both today."

The health department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Vice News Tonight interviewed Doe last week after she received abortion counseling at a Texas clinic. The interview happened hours before the U.S. Court of Appeals temporarily blocked her abortion.

In the interview, which will air on HBO Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., Doe said she made the decision to have an abortion when she first arrived at the shelter where she was detained.

"I decided to do it because I don't feel capable of being a mature woman, or being strong, or old enough to be able to take care of it," Doe said. "I don't feel sure about having a child."

Through her court-appointed guardian, attorney Rochelle Garza, Doe said in a prepared statement that her journey to the U.S. was not easy, but that she hopes to study to become a nurse one day.

Her statement in full:

"My name is not Jane Doe, but I am a Jane Doe.

I'm a 17-year-old girl that came to this country to make a better life for myself. My journey wasn't easy, but I came here with hope in my heart to build a life I can be proud of. I dream about studying, becoming a nurse, and one day working with the elderly.

When I was detained, I was placed in a shelter for children. It was there that I was told I was pregnant. I knew immediately what was best for me then, as I do now — that I'm not ready to be a parent. Thanks to my lawyers, Rochelle Garza and Christine Cortez, and with the help of Jane's Due Process, I went before a judge and was given permission to end my pregnancy without my parents' consent. I was nervous about appearing in court, but I was treated very kindly. I am grateful that the judge agreed with my decision and granted the bypass.

While the government provides for most of my needs at the shelter, they have not allowed me to leave to get an abortion. Instead, they made me see a doctor that tried to convince me not to abort and to look at sonograms. People I don't even know are trying to make me change my mind. I made my decision and that is between me and God. Through all of this, I have never changed my mind.

No one should be shamed for making the right decision for themselves. I would not tell any other girl in my situation what they should do. That decision is hers and hers alone.

I've been waiting for more than a month since I made my decision. It has been very difficult to wait in the shelter for news that the judges in Washington, D.C., have given me permission to proceed with my decision. I am grateful for this, and I ask that the government accept it. Please stop delaying my decision any longer.

My lawyers have told me that people around the country have been calling and writing to show support for me. I am touched by this show of love from people I may never know and from a country I am just beginning to know — to all of you, thank you.

This is my life, my decision. I want a better future. I want justice."