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Mo. Prison Overruled on Inmate Abortion (Clarence Thomas grants stay on earlier ruling)
AP ^ | 10/14/5 | DAVID TWIDDY

Posted on 10/14/2005 10:12:46 PM PDT by SmithL

Kansas City, Mo. (AP) --

The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday temporarily blocked a federal judge's order that Missouri prison officials drive a pregnant inmate to a clinic on Saturday for an abortion.

Justice Clarence Thomas, acting alone, granted the temporary stay pending a further decision by himself or the full court.

Missouri state law forbids spending tax dollars to facilitate an abortion. However, U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple ruled Thursday that the prison system was blocking the woman from exercising her right to an abortion and ordered that the woman be taken to the clinic Saturday.

An appeals court on Friday refused to stay the ruling.

The woman, whose name was not disclosed in court papers, has said she will borrow money for the abortion from friends and family but cannot afford to pay for transportation.

Under a policy adopted in July, Missouri's prison system does not provide transportation or security for inmates seeking abortions. The policy is based on a state law that prohibits the spending of public funds "for the purpose of performing or assisting an abortion not necessary to save the life of the mother."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: abortion; clarencethomas; inmateabortion; inmates; justicethomas; prolife; ruling; scotus
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To: NormsRevenge

Seems like "the system" is self-corrupting. He may have been a clean appointment for President Reagan at the time but years of inside and behind the scenes wrangling has made him unfit for the seat.

Removal is in order.


81 posted on 10/16/2005 10:37:41 AM PDT by George from New England
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To: SmithL
So she can shell out enough money for the abortion... but not enough money to get to the clinic?
82 posted on 10/16/2005 4:24:25 PM PDT by Termite_Commander (Warning: Cynical Right-winger Ahead)
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To: SmithL
I am opposed to abortion but if the issue is funding maybe the father of the child could be tapped for the cab fare.

This assumes the loving mother can identify the father.

83 posted on 10/16/2005 4:30:13 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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To: The Red Zone

"Well as long as the official (SCOTUS) view of the unborn child is "tissue" then it makes for an inexorable logic that this is a valid health care issue for the mother."

Except it's elective, and not medically necessary.


84 posted on 10/16/2005 4:32:18 PM PDT by sanemom
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To: GraceCoolidge

"I think the original idea of prison is that you do lose some rights!"

Maybe you only lose the rights that are actually IN the Constitution, not the ones conjured up by the liberal courts.


85 posted on 10/16/2005 4:35:56 PM PDT by sanemom
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To: American in Israel

enough money left over for a lawyer advocate

Don't you remember your Adam-12? "If you cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed for you."


86 posted on 10/16/2005 8:11:25 PM PDT by I8NY
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To: GraceCoolidge

they are also blocking her right to bear arms

Alert the NRA! (/humor)


87 posted on 10/16/2005 8:18:16 PM PDT by I8NY
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

When I gave blood this month, the new question was "Have you been in prison for 72 hours or more?" If so, no can give. The implication is that an additional penalty tacked on to any prison sentence of more than three days is rape, homosexual or other. Even aside from the public health aspect of this, it seems a little harsh!


88 posted on 10/16/2005 8:22:33 PM PDT by I8NY
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To: rfreedom4u

I agree that the man's rights should be equal to the woman's rights, but neither of them should have the right to deny the baby's rights.


89 posted on 10/16/2005 9:12:07 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Impeach Judge Greer - In memory of Terri <strike>Schiavo</strike> Schindler - www.terrisfight.org)
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To: MHGinTN
Odd that so many black babies are disenfranchised (by clueless black people) because of stare decisis

Exactly, the deliberate and targeted murder of more than fifteen million babies of African ancestry through abortion may be the single largest racist genocide the world has ever known.

90 posted on 10/16/2005 10:19:56 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: BykrBayb

You got that right. Of course some people don't consider it a baby yet. If that's the case why are the little tiny feet and hands in the "medical waste" of abortion clinics?

Guns don't kill people, abortion clinics do.


91 posted on 10/17/2005 12:45:52 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Native Texan)
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To: gpapa
both instances you provided hold the general meaning "murder, slay, kill"

Contrast this with the levitical "Put to death" (say Lev 20:12 for example).

The use of "murder" in place of "kill" in Ex 20:13 and Mt 5:21-22 would be a translation far more consistent with the rest of the bible (and still holds true to the original words)

92 posted on 10/17/2005 8:37:44 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: rovenstinez

Cant' vote in Federal elections, can't own a gun......

How about just having inmates sign a waiver if they wan't to have visitation, no abortion allowed.

Imagine the media outcry if it was reversed and the State REQUIRED inmates to have abortions as wards of the State!

We don't want them to have abortions, and we don't realy want them to reproduce.......


93 posted on 10/17/2005 12:51:34 PM PDT by AmericanDave (God bless .......and MORE COWBELL)
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To: Young Scholar

You're right, there is no "right" to abortion, just the right to privacy requiring the gov't to stay out of it. Anyone?


94 posted on 10/17/2005 12:53:26 PM PDT by AmericanDave (God bless .......and MORE COWBELL)
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To: son of caesar

And if Roe vs Wade had not made it so easy, those millions of babies would have made the Social Security system solvent by joining the workforce!


95 posted on 10/17/2005 12:55:55 PM PDT by AmericanDave (God bless .......and MORE COWBELL)
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To: SmithL
I love this man. In fact- he is the reason I turned from the Democrats.
96 posted on 10/17/2005 1:22:41 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (Code pink stinks)
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To: Halls
Thomas thought about it some more and agreed with the rest of the justices to reinstate the lower court's ruling:

The Supreme Court (search) cleared the way Monday for a Missouri prison inmate to terminate her pregnancy.

Although the high court made no sweeping rendering on the constitutionality of the Roe v. Wade (search) ruling ensuring a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, it effectively enforced a lower court ruling that Missouri Department of Corrections must provide transportation for the woman to have the procedure by refusing to hear an appeal. It was unclear how soon the abortion would be carried out.

Late Friday, Justice Clarence Thomas (search) had granted a temporary stay to the state, which prevented the woman from having an abortion on Saturday. But Monday's high court action was unanimous.
97 posted on 10/17/2005 1:26:58 PM PDT by BikerNYC (Modernman should not have been banned.)
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To: Hoodat

President Reagan


98 posted on 10/17/2005 2:35:34 PM PDT by republicofdavis
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To: SmithL

How much can transportation cost? Is it a matter of cab fare or does she have to foot the bill for a secured prison transport vehicle + prison guards?


99 posted on 10/17/2005 4:37:32 PM PDT by cubram
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To: republicofdavis

President Reagan indeed. 1987

God, help us.


100 posted on 10/17/2005 5:19:13 PM PDT by Hoodat ( Silly Dems)
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