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Prisoners not entitled to gender reassignment surgery: U.S. appeals court
Source: Reuters
U.S. MARCH 29, 2019 / 6:56 PM / UPDATED 19 HOURS AGO
Prisoners not entitled to gender reassignment surgery: U.S. appeals court
Jonathan Stempel
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday said Texas prison officials do not violate transgender inmates’ constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment by refusing to provide them with gender reassignment surgery.
In a 2-1 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled against Scott Lynn Gibson, who was born male, but has lived as a female since age 15 and goes by Vanessa.
Writing for the majority, Circuit Judge James Ho said only California had ever provided gender reassignment surgery to a prisoner, and that was part of a settlement of a lawsuit.
He said this meant the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s refusal to consider the surgery as a possible means to treat Gibson’s diagnosed gender dysphoria, sometimes known as gender identity disorder, did not violate the Eighth Amendment.
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Prisoners not entitled to gender reassignment surgery: U.S. appeals court
Jonathan Stempel
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday said Texas prison officials do not violate transgender inmates’ constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment by refusing to provide them with gender reassignment surgery.
In a 2-1 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled against Scott Lynn Gibson, who was born male, but has lived as a female since age 15 and goes by Vanessa.
Writing for the majority, Circuit Judge James Ho said only California had ever provided gender reassignment surgery to a prisoner, and that was part of a settlement of a lawsuit.
He said this meant the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s refusal to consider the surgery as a possible means to treat Gibson’s diagnosed gender dysphoria, sometimes known as gender identity disorder, did not violate the Eighth Amendment.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-prison-lgbt/prisoners-not-entitled-to-gender-reassignment-surgery-u-s-appeals-court-idUSKCN1RA2OZ
