Updated Tuesday at 8:25 a.m.: Revised to include the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's decision to block a Health and Human Services Department policy.

AUSTIN — The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a decision Monday to grant an unauthorized immigrant minor an abortion, seven months after she had one.

Jane Doe sued for access to abortion services while she was an unauthorized minor in federal custody at a shelter in Texas. She obtained an abortion in October, has since turned 18 and is no longer in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, an agency housed under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Supreme Court sent Jane Doe's case back to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, with instructions for the district court that granted Doe an abortion to dismiss her claim as "moot," or irrelevant.

The Department of Justice asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review Doe's case in November. The department said it wanted to avoid setting precedent for future unauthorized minors who want to have abortions in the United States.

Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Reproductive Freedom Project, is lead counsel on the overall lawsuit against the federal government over unaccompanied immigrant minors' right to abortion.

She said Monday's decision was extremely narrow and affected one person — Jane Doe.

"The Supreme Court decision does not affect our overall case, including our class action and preliminary order," she said. "It only affects Jane Doe herself and her individual claim for her access to abortion."

The lawsuit includes a class action suit covering all future unauthorized minors seeking abortion, as well as an order barring the Health and Human Services Department from blocking their access to abortion services.

"This decision from the Supreme Court does not change our order protecting those minors who need access to abortion right now," she said. "That order stays in place. If anyone is having problems accessing abortion they should contact us, as it would be a violation of the current court order."

The D.C. circuit court denied the federal government's appeal to turn over the preliminary order Monday. Health and Human Services Department's policy to keep unauthorized immigrant minors in its custody from getting abortions remains blocked while the broader lawsuit moves forward.

Blake Rocap, legal director for Jane's Due Process, said the Supreme Court's decision wasn't surprising.

"The court could have handled it a couple of different ways, but this was a clean and easy way to follow their precedent of vacating moot cases," he said. "[They are] always looking for the narrowest ways of disposing cases without confronting the larger issues if they don't have to."

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed a brief in December on behalf of an 11-state coalition supporting the policy to block unauthorized minors in federal custody from getting abortions, praised the Supreme Court's decision.

"The previous ruling not only cost a life, but could have paved the way for extending American citizens' rights to all unlawfully-present aliens with no substantial connection to this country," Paxton said in a prepared statement. "Texas will not become a sanctuary state for abortions, and will continue the fight to protect and promote fetal life."

The Health and Human Services Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.