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Missouri Elective Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional In Class Action
Loaded on May 15, 2007
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2007, page 32
A federal court in Missouri held in a class action lawsuit that a prison policy barring elective abortions was unconstitutional and invalid.
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
CMS,
Abortion,
Injunctions (PLRA),
Class Certification.
Location:
Missouri.
The Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) and its medical provider, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), routinely transported women prisoners to abortion clinics at the prisoners? requests prior to July …
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