{"id":255,"date":"2012-06-25T20:53:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T03:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=255"},"modified":"2012-06-25T20:53:51","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T03:53:51","slug":"objecting-guard-sheriff-can-be-sued-for-refusing-morning-after-pill-to-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"Objecting guard, Sheriff can be sued for refusing morning after pill to prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in Tampa, Florida has ruled that a rape complainant who was a prisoner can sue the Hillsborough County Sheriff because a guard, citing religious belief, refused to give her a prescribed morning after pill.\u00a0 The complainant was arrested on an outstanding warrant when she made a complaint of rape.\u00a0 She had taken one of two prescribed pills, but the second was seized with her effects when she was jailed, and the guard refused to provide it when she asked for it [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/2012\/06\/25\/47785.htm\">Courthouse News<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/docs.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/florida\/flmdce\/8:2011cv01326\/259542\/29\/0.pdf?1339758362\">Ruling 13 June, 2012<\/a>]. The judge had previously ruled that the guard could be sued.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/2012\/03\/15\/44730.htm\">Courthouse News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/florida\/flmdce\/8:2011cv01326\/259542\/22\/0.pdf?1331124962\">Ruling 6 March, 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/florida\/flmdce\/8:2011cv01326\/259542\/15\/0.pdf?1321958261\">Ruling 21 November, 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in Tampa, Florida has ruled that a rape complainant who was a prisoner can sue the Hillsborough County Sheriff because a guard, citing religious belief, refused to give her a prescribed morning after pill.\u00a0 The complainant was arrested on an outstanding warrant when she made a complaint of rape.\u00a0 She had taken &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=255\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Objecting guard, Sheriff can be sued for refusing morning after pill to prisoner&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[247,9,28],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-morning-after-pill","category-news","category-usa"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Objecting guard, Sheriff can be sued for refusing morning after pill to prisoner - 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