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Arpaio Requires Female Prisoners to Pre-Pay Transportation and Security Costs Before Obtaining Abortion Care

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Monday, October 19, 2009 at 12:57 pm

Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio, not content with arresting illegal immigrants despite having lost his federal authority to do so, is now resisting a federal court order to allow women in his prisons to obtain abortions, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which is suing him over this in Arizona.

Although Arpaio hasn’t exactly forbidden the women from getting abortion care, he has imposed a new requirement that the women pre-pay for transportation and security costs before being allowed to get medical care. The ACLU claims in its brief to the Arizona Superior Court that the requirement is unconstitutional, and violates a 2005 court order that Arpaio provide inmates access to abortions.

ACLU lawyers will be in an Arizona court on Tuesday asking the court to stop Arpaio from charging the women up to $600 before accessing abortion services.

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MYReAgan
Comment posted October 19, 2009 @ 6:27 pm

Arpaio's mother was the one that needed an abortion before giving birth to the human garbage he is. He is not a cop, He is a terrorist

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chrisjay
Comment posted October 20, 2009 @ 8:09 pm

This law officer is a little confused: on the one hand he wants to please folks like poster Adam who have trouble with the notion of fecund third-world types causing over-population—-on the other hand this Arapaio guy has decided he has the power to prevent individuals from exercising their choice NOT to contribute to the population. The Republican Party sure has its share of megalomaniacs

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