Nebraska corrections official resigns after inmate is denied abortion, citing 'shame' to public serv

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A Nebraska corrections official resigned in protest this week after his superiors tried to block a recently admitted inmate from getting an abortion, highlighting tensions over health-care access for female prisoners at a time when women represent the fastest-growing part of the incarcerated population.

Hayden Thomas, who served as disability coordinator at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, wrote in a scathing resignation letter to the director Monday that it was unlawful and immoral for the department to deny the woman’s request for an abortion.

“Your ill-thought decision has violated the special trust that the public has placed in our organization and has brought shame to the very notion of public service,” Thomas wrote in the letter, which was shared with The Washington Post and first reported by the Omaha World-Herald.

“I can no longer in good faith or [conscience] remain a member of this organization,” Thomas added, "as it is evident that our values, ethics and commitment to both the Constitution and the rule of law are different and presently irreconcilable.”

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