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

By | 10.19.09 | 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 More…