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California is first in the nation to agree to pay for a transgender inmate's sex reassignment operation, but the state's settlement of a recent court case sidesteps the question of whether such surgery is a constitutional right.
The state concedes that Shiloh Quine, who entered the California prison system in 1980 as Rodney, suffers severe gender dysphoria that can be treated only by physically conforming her body to her psychological gender.
The agreement to settle Quine's federal lawsuit seeking the surgery was announced late Friday, with a brief statement from the corrections department that "every medical doctor and mental health clinician who has reviewed this case, including two independent mental health experts, determined that this surgery is medically necessary for Quine."
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Last edited by Count David; 08-10-2015 at 08:53 PM..
California is willing to pay for a prisoner's sex change operation yet it won't legalize marijuana or same-sex marriage, what is wrong with this state.
California is willing to pay for a prisoner's sex change operation yet it won't legalize marijuana or same-sex marriage, what is wrong with this state.
I don't live in California, so I really don't care. I'm all for prisoners receiving necessary medical care, though I can't imagine this is necessary. But it's not in my state, so really, it's hardly my business. And frankly, if it were in my state, I'd get over it. It's stupid, but it's not even in the top 100 stupid things government spends money on.
Hard to believe Alaska legalised marijuana before California.
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