{"id":567,"date":"2008-03-24T15:54:46","date_gmt":"2008-03-24T15:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2008\/03\/court-allows-inmates-to-get-ab.php"},"modified":"2008-03-24T15:54:46","modified_gmt":"2008-03-24T15:54:46","slug":"court-allows-inmates-to-get-ab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2008\/03\/court-allows-inmates-to-get-ab","title":{"rendered":"Court Allows Inmates to Get Abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Associated Press &#8211; March 24, 2008 <\/strong><br \/>\nWASHINGTON &#8211; The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a county sheriff who objects to transporting jail inmates for elective abortions.<br \/>\nAn Arizona sheriff wanted the justices to allow him to enforce a jail policy that bars transporting inmates for abortions without a court order.<br \/>\nArizona courts said the policy violated the inmates&#8217; constitutional rights. A federal appeals court in Missouri recently issued a similar ruling in a case there.<br \/>\nThe justices did not comment on their decision to leave the Arizona ruling in place.<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press &#8211; March 24, 2008 WASHINGTON &#8211; The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a county sheriff who objects to transporting jail inmates for elective abortions. An Arizona sheriff wanted the justices to allow him to enforce a jail policy that bars transporting inmates for abortions without a court order. 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