Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Rape victim denied morning after pill because of prison supervisor's religion

The first horrible thing that happened to a young Tampa, Florida woman was that she was raped as she tried to return to her car after a parade. The next assault on her was that she was arrested after she left the hospital because she had allegedly not paid restitution from a juvenile crime. Her attorney says the outstanding warrant, which the woman knew nothing about, is a paperwork error. At any rate, it is against police rules in Tampa to take a rape victim to jail if she is suspected of a misdemeanor.

That should be enough for one day, but then, when the victim tried to get the morning after pill prescribed for her at the hospital, the prison's medical supervisor refused to give it to her because, she said, it was against her religion to do so.

How many times can one woman be raped in the same day?

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