State-funded abortions

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If the inmate was going to pay for the abortion and reimburse the state for the transportation cost, then I don't see a problem with it.  HOWEVER, if the state was going to be forced to pick up the bill, then the Thomas did the right thing.

No, Thomas is a theocrat, and the ban on state funding of abortion is, in this case, unconstitutional because it leads to cruel and unusual punishment - deprivation of medical care while incarcerated.

There is no right to unnecessary medical procedures while incarcerated.  This was an elective surgery.  The state has no requirement to provide access to elective abortion any more than inmates have a right to access liposuction or tubal ligation.

Also, your charge that Thomas is a "theocrat" is unfounded.  Can you provide evidence?  A theocrat is one who rules by religion.  Thomas is almost always on the side of reduced power by the judiciary--meaning that he does not seek to "rule" at all.  Therefore, he cannot be a theocrat.

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If the inmate was going to pay for the abortion and reimburse the state for the transportation cost, then I don't see a problem with it.  HOWEVER, if the state was going to be forced to pick up the bill, then the Thomas did the right thing.

No, Thomas is a theocrat, and the ban on state funding of abortion is, in this case, unconstitutional because it leads to cruel and unusual punishment - deprivation of medical care while incarcerated.

There is no right to unnecessary medical procedures while incarcerated.  This was an elective surgery.  The state has no requirement to provide access to elective abortion any more than inmates have a right to access liposuction or tubal ligation.

Not so.  The pregnancy will result in great medical risks, as well as, at best, the horrible burden of parenthood.

Obesity results in great medical risks; should inmates have access to liposuction?
 

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Yes, he wants to reduce judicial power to a level far below what would provide an effective 'balance', and allow thereby enormous powers to the legislature, and executive, which are dominated by theocrats.  Hence, he is in effect a theocrat.

So Thomas thinks that the people and their elected representatives should have control over political decisions.  This is the opposite of a theocracy, in which the power resides in the hands of unelected judges, priests and/or monarchs.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the details of this decision won't be made public, right?  For example, there will be no indication of what Roberts said or did.