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Article: MISSOURI MUST TRANSPORT INMATE TO HAVE ABORTION SUPREME COURT ROUNDUP.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2005
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Byline: GINA HOLLAND Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Missouri officials must let a pregnant inmate have an abortion, the Supreme Court said Monday by rejecting an appeal by anti-abortion Gov. Matt Blunt.
Missouri, which has some of the strictest abortion laws in the country, argued taxpayers should not have to pick up the tab for taking the woman to an abortion clinic.
The unanimous order declining to intervene comes as the Senate prepares for the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, during which lawmakers are sure to press her on abortion. She was picked to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a key swing voter in ...