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sethrakSometimes the ACLU supports nutjobs and frivolous lawsuits.
Sometimes they get it right. From feministing.com
Quote: ' A few years back, (Maricopa County sherriff) Arpaio initiated an unwritten policy refusing to allow deputies to transport inmates to abortion facilities without a court order.
He told me at the time, "It's government money and this is elective surgery. What are they going to ask for next, a nose job?" '
I have no words for how furious this makes me.
Quite apart from the wildly inaccurate analogy, the article goes on to point out it isn't government money. The inmates are paying for the abortions out of their own pockets. As for the cost of the transport to the abortion facilities, inmates are already allowed to be transported out of the jail for other medical procedures, or for non-medical purposes such as funerals, without a court order. It's estimated that less than three female inmates a year have the procedure, so it's hardly a burden on the Maricopa County, AZ taxpayers.
Sometimes they get it right. From feministing.com
Quote: ' A few years back, (Maricopa County sherriff) Arpaio initiated an unwritten policy refusing to allow deputies to transport inmates to abortion facilities without a court order.
He told me at the time, "It's government money and this is elective surgery. What are they going to ask for next, a nose job?" '
I have no words for how furious this makes me.
Quite apart from the wildly inaccurate analogy, the article goes on to point out it isn't government money. The inmates are paying for the abortions out of their own pockets. As for the cost of the transport to the abortion facilities, inmates are already allowed to be transported out of the jail for other medical procedures, or for non-medical purposes such as funerals, without a court order. It's estimated that less than three female inmates a year have the procedure, so it's hardly a burden on the Maricopa County, AZ taxpayers.
