Rape Victim Denied Morning After Pill By Jail Worker With Religious Objections

The Associated Press yesterday reported on a case in Tampa, Florida in which a rape victim, after being taken to a rape crisis center where she was given the first dose of the morning-after pill, failed to get the needed second dose on time because of religious objections of a Tampa jail worker. While police were investigating the rape of the 21-year old college student, they discovered that she still owed a $4585 fine under an outstanding juvenile warrant from 2003. So they stopped their investigation and arrested the victim. That is where a jail worker refused to give the victim her next dose of medication on religious grounds. The victim ended up taking the second pill a day late after she was released from jail.