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3/26/2008
Court OKs Law Requiring Pharmacists to Dispense or Refer for Emergency Contraception

3/26/2008
Supreme Court Allows Abortions for Inmates

3/20/2008
Comprehensive Sex Ed, Not Abstinence Ed, Cuts Teen Pregnancy

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5/6/2008
Campaign to Defeat So-Called “Personhood” Amendment Introduced

4/24/2008
Landmark Hearing Exposes Failed Bush ‘Abstinence-Only’ Policy

4/1/2008
Executive Directive, April 2008

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Supreme Court Allows Abortions for Inmates

Posted: 03/26/2008

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court's ruling that female inmates have a constitutional right to abortions off jail grounds. The Supreme Court, without comment, let stand a lower court ruling on inmate abortions.

The case involved an Arizona woman who wanted a first-trimester abortion, but was refused transportation by corrections officials in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix. The county appealed a lower-court decision in favor of the woman.

The county's policy banned off-site "elective medical procedures" without a court order. County officials said they provided transportation only for procedures they deemed "medically necessary." A state court ruled that was an "exaggerated response" to the inmate's request.

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