Should Inmate Be Required to Post Partial Bail for an Abortion?

and pay for it by herself.

If she wanted the freedom to have an abortion she should have kept her ass out of trouble.

Abort the baby then send her ass back to prison. No one deserves to be born to a "mother" who committed serious crimes.

Why not? She should have to pay all of it. How did she get that way in prison? Where is the father? I am against abortion unless a mother's life is in danger. Not sure of the answer if it happened out of rape.

O.K. I am the father. I'll admit it. No, it wasn't rape, she acqiesced, totally. In fact, the amorous encounter was totally her idea. I told her that I had a headache, besides there was a Lakers game on TV. She wouldn't listen, and threatened to set me on fire if I didn't make love to her. Anyway, I've got to split now. My cousin's giving me a ride back down to Mexico.....I forgot my tooth-brush and hair-gel.

Is her form of "abortion" to light herself on fire, killing her and the baby?

Make her have the baby and give it up for adoption. She should have been more responsible and said NO.

I'm opposed to abortion.

Obviously unfit to be a mom, and seeing as she's on her way to one state-run facility or another, it would probably be best to just let her have an abortion and save the world a headache.

Do they charge extra for other medical leaves? I'm not sure. I'm conflicted, but it seems like she's nuts, trying to set herself on fire and all that.

Dang it I meant to hit yes, Sometimes I hate that you can't change your vote if you accidentally hit the wrong button...
Why haven't they changed this yet?!

They're too busy reading tabloids and posting nonsensical questions.

I really dont know what to say about this. She def. don't deserve a baby if shes in prison

Any inmate should be required to post partial bail for any non-essential medical procedure and the government should not have to pay for any non-essential medical treatment.

She doesn't need an abortion for health concerns, she just wants one. I think that she takes responsibility for that, not Oregon.

She should be sent to the psych ward!

Seems like she should have to follow the same procedure that others would need to follow for posting bail. Oregon is one of 15 states whose state Medicaid health plan does pay for abortions. Since she had a "court appointed " attny. ....I am guessing she is already eligible if not on OHP. Nevertheless...friends, family, attny...need to post the bail to follow what Oregon states it's procedures are. This "leave" seems to be an afterthought in her mind..if in fact she wanted an abortion before...she could have had one.

Strap her down, arms and legs to a gurney for the next nine months.........right.

This is absurd. I agree with whoever said abort her and keep the baby

No? why must she pay the 10% of the $65,500.00.

By the time she get the approval from the court the baby

will be born, caused they will always postpone the case.



Well she needs to get a check up for mental reasons.

The way her behaviour is not normal.

She needs to be placed in a medical facility for criminals, and to carry the pregnancy to term. However, she needs to sign papers saying she'll give it up for adoption.

Discarding the fact that I don't agree with abortions, she's obviously another reckless, horrible mother. If she really wants to get rid of a poor, innocent child here, she should have to pay. Aw, heck with it. I don't agree with abortions in the first place, and this is just even worse.

So let me get this straight you wrote "She's obviously another reckless, horrible mother" but because you don't agree with abortion you still think she should bring another life into this world. Ok...yep, that makes sense.

She should have to keep her baby. I believe in a woman's right to choose, but if you want an abortion, don't do something to end up in jail before you get it. Or don't end up in jail anyway. The taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for her mistake.

just have baby and put the baby in adoption.

She shouldn't be given leave at all.
She's not sick, she's not in need of life-saving surgery, she's getting an abortion. That's NOT a reason for medical leave. Abortions are elective, it's like giving someone medical leave so they can get plastic surgery.

It's not a bail out, it's medical.

I'm sure her attorney would be free to post bail and take her to get her abortion. He's free to pay for it too, taxpayer money should not be spent for her transportation or abortion.

I would hate to think our taxpayers money goes on felons being able to abort a baby for free. I swear we need a law to pass for a license to have children so people like her can't waste a precious life, if only she could be replaced immediately after the baby were born would be great. If she is stupid enough to be a troublemaker she should pay for her own mistakes.

She's not asking for the state to pay for her abortion, only to let her out of jail so that she can obtain one herself. Taxpayer money does not pay for elective procedures like abortions.

That's interesting and does give me some new perspective on the case. However, it isn't relevant to the original question: Should she have to post bail before being allowed out of jail for an abortion? Whether or not she's using Medicaid (and we don't know that she is) doesn't matter while she's sitting in jail. Also, my original response to this topic was YES, she SHOULD have to pay her ten percent bail to get out of jail and have her abortion. Just like any other person has to post bail before they can leave jail.

After her arraignment, if she is incapable of posting bail and will be in jail for several months before her trial, then a judge should have her escorted to the nearest clinic to have her abortion either out of her own pocket or on Medicaid's dime. Like it or not, it is a legal procedure, it is a time-sensitive procedure, and being temporarily behind bars does not mean the state can force a woman to have a baby she doesn't want.

And as for Medicaid paying for it, just for the record, I am against that. I'm pro-choice because I don't believe in forcing morality down someone's throat. I can't sit here and be a hypocrite, though - if I don't want your pro-life views forced upon me, then I wouldn't dare force my pro-choice views upon you by making you fund abortions.

This question should never have been asked -No bail. No abortion. Take the child away.

Why reward a criminal?

Beautifully said =)

Couldn't have said it better myself so I'm not going to try/

It's just common sense -Why is it so uncommon today?

A criminal is a criminal the question is why she is like this what made her to be like this.
They need to sent her to the mental clinic to study on her.
This is not a reward the question is why did she do this? Reason.

A police escort should do the trick, just as they would do for a sick prisoner.

She shouldn't be able to have one at all. NO woman should be able to.