Posted on 10/20/2009 5:27:23 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
PHOENIX -- A judge has ruled that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office cannot force jail inmates to prepay the cost of being transported to a clinic to obtain an abortion.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Robert Oberbillig ruled Tuesday that the issue was covered by a 2005 injunction against the Sheriff's Office in which the department required a court order to transport an inmate to an abortion clinic.
The Sheriff's Office appealed that decision all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and lost. The office then instituted a policy that inmates must prepay $300 to $600 in transport and security costs and could obtain a court order to get a waiver of that prepayment.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona argued that the prepayment created another obstacle to a woman's right to obtain a timely abortion under the U.S. Constitution. Neither the judge or the ACLU disputed the sheriff's right to obtain a reimbursement.
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I like this guy!!!
EASY solution! Just DON’T Transport them. LOL
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