(WOMENSENEWS)–CheersThe United States Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s ruling protecting female inmates’ constitutional right to leave jail to have an abortion on March 24.In 2005 correction officials in Maricopa County, Ariz., stalled a woman’s request for an abortion because she did not have a court order to obtain it. At the time, the county only provided transportation for “medically necessary procedures.” It took the woman seven weeks to get the order, CNN reported.In the case, Arpaio v. Doe, the woman won a lawsuit requiring the state to provide inmates with access to off-site abortions. The county appealed but the Supreme Court dismissed it. A similar appeal from Missouri is expected to reach the high court this summer.More News to Cheer This Week: The United Arab Emirates appointed its first female judge, Kholoud al-Dahiri, by presidential decree March 26.