Woman Jailed After Reporting Being Raped

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I love my state.

[Gatekeeper]

Donegeal:

According to the story, the woman had already been prescribed (and taken) the first dose in the two-dose emergency contraceptive.

Assuming the jail employee in question acted according to some sort of official policy — and not his/her religious convictions — how hard would it have been for an officer or other employee to call the hospital and confirm that, yes, emergency room personnel (or other hospital staff) had, indeed, issued emergency contraceptive to the rape victim, and that she needed to take the second dose w/i a certain amount of time in order to avoid becoming pregnant with her rapist's child? I'm fairly certain the hospital would have the victim's name and other information on record — and she surely would tell the jail personnel the hospital personnel or department who handled her case — and giving it to a law officer for the purpose of confirming the victim's claim of needing to take the second EC pill wouldn't violate HIPPA regulations (HIPPA is intended to keep medical information private).

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[Dinner]

Originally posted by Donegeal


I'm not sure about the child support thing, but if the officer did follow policy, then it's possible that the department might not be held responsable because policy was followed, but I don't know.

I could see someone successfully arguing that the department's policy was wantonly disreguarding the medical needs of citizens and thus depriving them of their civil rights.