Top court doesn’t block inmate’s abortion

THE US Supreme Court, in an abortion case of relatively narrow scope, cleared the way yesterday for a Missouri prison inmate to terminate her pregnancy.

Top court doesn’t block inmate’s abortion

The high court made no sweeping rendering on the constitutionality of the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling ensuring a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.

Rather, it let stand a lower court ruling that Missouri Department of Corrections must provide transportation for the woman to have the procedure done.

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