At least women in Missouri prisons, anyway.

A federal judge ruled yesterday that the state must provide transportation for any woman prisoner seeking to end her pregnancy. Which is a good thing, because both of the state's women's prisons are more than two hours away from the nearest abortion provider. It's not like these women can just walk down the street or have an abortion at the prison health center.

Given that Missouri usually has from 35 to 50 pregnant inmates in any given month and surveys of incarcerated women have shown that more than 83 percent have had a history of unplanned pregnancy, this is great news.

Thanks to Erin for the link.