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Mo. must transport inmates for abortions
By Associated Press
Published: 01/22/2008

MISSOURI - A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that the state of Missouri must provide transportation to abortion clinics for inmates who want to undergo the procedure.

The state in 2005 tried to end the practice of driving prisoners to clinics for elective abortions. An inmate at the prison in Vandalia filed a class-action suit. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a lower court ruling in favor of the inmate. Read more.

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