California prison ordered to grant inmate's sex change surgery
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Only in Obamaland do murderers in prison get to have a sex reassignment surgery with taxpayer money.
The Washington Post apparently knows when it's appropriate to completely omit a majority viewpoint from a news story: when an Obama-appointed U.S. district judge in California orders "sex reassignment surgery" for a murderer because denying an expensive surgery on the taxpayer dime is a denial of "her" constitutional rights.
Lindsey Beyer reported that Jeffrey Norsworthy, who now identifies as "Michelle," is creating a real problem for prison officials:
In 1987, Norsworthy was convicted of murder and sentenced to life behind bars. She is now being held at an all-male prison called Mule Creek State Prison, some 40 miles from Sacramento. Officials have argued that if she has the surgery, keeping her in that facility - or any men's prison - could put her at risk for sexual assault. Moving her to a women's prison, they said, could put her or other inmates at risk because she has a history of domestic violence, the AP reported.
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Last Year I First Shared with Live Leak this ruling by the obama administration that would force us all to pay for this crap. Ever since, we've been paying for it...........
Read the HHS Ruling: DAB No. 2576 - NCD 140 3 Transsexual Surgery.
From The People Who Brought You Obamascare and Planned Parenthood.
The Obama administration struck a major blow for transgender rights by quietly ending a decades-long blanket ban that prevented Medicare from covering sex reassignment surgery.
Up until now, the government denied Medicare payments for such surgeries, which were considered not medically necessary.
Changes in genitalia and other secondary sexual characteristics are now considered medically necessary and therefore available for taxpayer funding.
FULL REPORT:
From the Washington Post:
In a rare move, a Northern California district court judge has directed the state to grant a transgender inmate's sex reassignment surgery - marking a first in the state's history. The judge said the procedure is the "only adequate" treatment for her condition.
Michelle-Lael Norsworthy, 51, was born as Jeffrey Bryan Norsworthy. In the 1990s, she started living as a woman in state prison and was later diagnosed with severe gender dysphoria, a condition in which people identify with a different gender from the one they were born with, according to court documents. California corrections officials have said she has been given proper medical care over the years, including counseling and hormone therapy, the Associated Press reported.
However, A Homosexual U.S. District Court Judge Jon S. Tigar in San Francisco said on Thursday that the department denied her request for sex reassignment surgery, or SRS, likely because it has a policy against approving it as a treatment for transgender inmates. He granted a preliminary injunction, telling the prison system to let her have the operation "as promptly as possible.""The weight of the evidence demonstrates that for Norsworthy, the only adequate medical treatment for her gender dysphoria is SRS, that the decision not to address her persistent symptoms was medically unacceptable under the circumstances, and that denied her the necessary treatment for reasons unrelated to her medical need," Tigar wrote in his ruling . Denying her the surgery, he said, would violate her constitutional rights.
The injunction ordering the state prison system to grant the surgery is a novel ruling. It's reportedly the first time such a decision has been made in California, and it has been seen only one other time in the country, Ilona Turner, legal director at the Transgender Law Center, told the AP.
In 2012, a federal judge ordered the Massachusetts Department of Corrections to provide the procedure for a transgender inmate. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ruling late last year and, last month, the inmate's attorneys took it to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 1987, Norsworthy was convicted of murder and sentenced to life behind bars. She is now being held at an all-male prison called Mule Creek State Prison, some 40 miles from Sacramento. Officials have argued that if she has the surgery, keeping her in that facility - or any men's prison - could put her at risk for sexual assault. Moving her to a women's prison, they said, could put her or other inmates at risk because she has a history of domestic violence, the AP reported.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it is considering whether to appeal Tigar's order. If the department complies, Norsworthy reportedly will be the first transgender inmate in California to undergo the operation. The procedure could cost the state as much as $100,000, Joyce Hayhoe, a spokeswoman for California Corrections Health Care Services told the Los Angeles Times .
The Transgender Law Center said that price is a " gross exaggeration .""This decision confirms that it is unlawful to deny essential treatment to transgender people" in or out of prison, Kris Hayashi, executive director of the Transgender Law Center, told the AP. "The bottom line is no one should be denied the medical care they need."
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office: January 18, 2013
Appointed by: Barack Hussein Obama
Personal details:
*Homosexual
*Likes kiddy porn
Born: 1962 (age 52-53)
London , United Kingdom
Currently Residing: San Francisco
Alma mater : Williams College UC Berkeley School of Law
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/03/california-prison-ordered-to-grant-inmates-sex-change/?tid=hp_mm&hpid=z3
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