prisonmate may have abortion, justices rule
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9728195/
"The Supreme Court, in an abortion case of relatively narrow scope, cleared the way Monday for a Missouri prison inmate to terminate her pregnancy...
The court fight was over [transportation] costs, estimated at $350 plus fuel for two guards to accompany the woman on the 80-mile trip from her cell in Vandalia to a St. Louis clinic.
Under a policy adopted over the summer, Missouri’s prison system does not provide transportation or security for inmates seeking abortions. State officials argued that the policy is reasonable because of the costs and security risks of transporting inmates outside for procedures the officials said are not medically necessary.
... The case is Crawford v. Roe, 05-A333"
VICTORY!
"The Supreme Court, in an abortion case of relatively narrow scope, cleared the way Monday for a Missouri prison inmate to terminate her pregnancy...
The court fight was over [transportation] costs, estimated at $350 plus fuel for two guards to accompany the woman on the 80-mile trip from her cell in Vandalia to a St. Louis clinic.
Under a policy adopted over the summer, Missouri’s prison system does not provide transportation or security for inmates seeking abortions. State officials argued that the policy is reasonable because of the costs and security risks of transporting inmates outside for procedures the officials said are not medically necessary.
... The case is Crawford v. Roe, 05-A333"
VICTORY!