I missed the federal judge part, as obvious as it was - my bad. If I was governor of MA I'd tell the court, you want it done - YOU pay for it, because we're not. Make a big stink all during the convention. Chances are good the feds will offer to pay for it just to quiet the issue.
This is one of the worst rulings I have ever heard of. This judge was appointed by Ronald Reagan, in 1985. The judge left the decision to house this inmate after the reassignment surgery up to prison officials. I am glad this decision may be appealed. On the up side there is a great seafood place right next to the courthouse...
"But Wolf, who was appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, found that the security concerns are "either pretextual or can be dealt with." He said it would be up to prison officials to decide how and where to house Kosilek after the surgery. Diane Wiffin, a spokeswoman for the prisons department, said,... "We are reviewing the decision and exploring our appellate options."
Massachusetts judge approves taxpayer-funded sex change for inmate
If the convict's evidence included medical reasons and was presented in solid form the judge may not have had much of a choice going by the 8th amendment.
The judge is reaching into the ind of the inmate and ordering the surgery to relive "mental anguish". I have a very difficult time with the setting this precedent. The linchpin argument is based on a self reported basis and there are no clear guidelines. This case is a Pandora's Box and can open the door for more cases seeking relief based upon self reported "mental anguish".
Now everybody who wants this type of surgery, can commit a crime, go to prison and get free treatment.
Tax payers in Massachusetts should be furious. If a man wants to pretend to be something he is not then let him do it on his own dime.
Massachusetts judge approves taxpayer-funded sex change for inmate | Fox News
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered state prison officials to provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder.
Michelle Kosilek was born male but has received hormone treatments and now lives as a woman in an all-male prison. Robert Kosilek was convicted of murder in the killing of his wife in 1990.
U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf is believed to be the first federal judge to order prison officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery for a transgender inmate.
Kosilek first sued the Massachusetts Department of Correction 12 years ago. Two years later, Wolf ruled that Kosilek was entitled to treatment for gender-identity disorder but stopped short of ordering surgery. Kosilek sued again in 2005, arguing that the surgery is a medical necessity.
In his ruling Tuesday, Wolf found that surgery is the "only adequate treatment" for Kosilek's "serious medical need."
"The court finds that there is no less intrusive means to correct the prolonged violation of Kosilek's Eighth Amendment right to adequate medical care," Wolf wrote in his 126-page ruling.
Now everybody who wants this type of surgery, can commit a crime, go to prison and get free treatment.
She isnt pretending to be anything she isnt. However I agree with the overall point in your post. Even though I believe that SRS is medically necessary to treat GID I dont believe that it should be done on the taxpayers dime.
HE is pretending to be something he isn't.If he was born a she then he wouldn't need drugs and surgery to half ass make himself look like a woman.
HE is pretending to be something he isn't.If he was born a she then he wouldn't need drugs and surgery to half ass make himself look like a woman.
... So a Reagan appointee who served under Romney voted in favor of prison officials paying for somebody's sex reassignment surgery? Massachusetts is one of those states where weird **** happens and nobody seems to know why.
As far as the number of weird things happening in Massachusetts, I can only assume it is the age of the state, maybe senility is setting in. :lol:
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