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."
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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.
This assumes the loving mother can identify the father.
"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.
"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.
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."
they are also blocking her right to bear arms
Alert the NRA! (/humor)
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!
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.......
You're right, there is no "right" to abortion, just the right to privacy requiring the gov't to stay out of it. Anyone?
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!
President Reagan
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?
President Reagan indeed. 1987
God, help us.
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