by admin | Oct 20, 2005 | Crime / Courts
State Corrections Department officials say they have complied with a federal judge’s order that they transport an inmate at the Vandalia women’s prison to St. Louis for an abortion. The action puts a cap on a legal battle that heightened over the weekend....
by admin | Oct 19, 2005 | Politics / Govt
Governor Matt Blunt says he’s disappointed the state lost its case to keep a female prisoner from getting an abortion. And, he’s disappointed in how the case was handled. Blunt is not happy with how Attorney General Jay Nixon defended the state in the...
by admin | Oct 18, 2005 | Crime / Courts
A female inmate at the State Prison in Vandalia will get her wish and get an abortion. A federal judge has ordered the state to take the prisoner to an abortion clinic by this Friday. The Corrections Department had argued it would be a security risk and would violate...
by admin | Oct 15, 2005 | Crime / Courts, Politics / Govt
State Corrections officials will not be driving an inmate from the Vandalia women’s prison to St. Louis for an abortion today. US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has granted the state’s request for a stay in the proceedings until he or the full court...
by admin | Oct 14, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the State’s request for a stay of a federal judge’s order to allow a female inmate at the state prison in Vandalia to have an abortion. Federal Judge Dean Whipple of Kansas City has ordered Corrections...
