Federal Appeals Court rules prisoners have no right to free gender reassignment surgery

[Swordsmyth]

A transgender prisoner says she’ll pursue her fight to have Texas pay for gender reassignment surgery after suffering a loss at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-circuit-court-of-appeals/).
A lawyer for Vanessa Lynn Gibson (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/vanessa-lynn-gibson/), born as Scott Lynn Gibson, says she’ll ask the full 5th Circuit to rehear the case after a three-judge panel upheld the state’s policy that denies funding for the reassignment surgery.
The state will cover hormone and mental health care treatment.
In a 2-1 ruling published Friday, the court (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-circuit-court-of-appeals/) said refusing to facilitate the surgery does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment as defined by the Eighth Amendment.
“Under established precedent, it can be cruel and unusual punishment to deny essential medical care to an inmate. But that does not mean prisons must provide whatever care an inmate wants,” wrote Judge James C. Ho, a Trump-appointee, in the 23-page opinion.

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[Stratovarious]

Thank God, but how long will this hold..........(rhetorical)

[parocks]

A transgender prisoner says she’ll pursue her fight to have Texas pay for gender reassignment surgery after suffering a loss at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-circuit-court-of-appeals/).
A lawyer for Vanessa Lynn Gibson (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/vanessa-lynn-gibson/), born as Scott Lynn Gibson, says she’ll ask the full 5th Circuit to rehear the case after a three-judge panel upheld the state’s policy that denies funding for the reassignment surgery.
The state will cover hormone and mental health care treatment.
In a 2-1 ruling published Friday, the court (https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-circuit-court-of-appeals/) said refusing to facilitate the surgery does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment as defined by the Eighth Amendment.
“Under established precedent, it can be cruel and unusual punishment to deny essential medical care to an inmate. But that does not mean prisons must provide whatever care an inmate wants,” wrote Judge James C. Ho, a Trump-appointee, in the 23-page opinion.

More at: https://outline.com/zpXFpy


I'd like to see the Supreme Court take this, and say, no to all of the tranny stuff. No, that's not a thing, and you're all crazy. Here's the argument now, do you get institutionalized because you're a danger to yourself, cutting your junk off and whatnot, or do you not? Do doctors lose their licenses for performing sex change operations? Enough of this, it's insane.

[Swordsmyth]

I'd like to see the Supreme Court take this, and say, no to all of the tranny stuff. No, that's not a thing, and you're all crazy. Here's the argument now, do you get institutionalized because you're a danger to yourself, cutting your junk off and whatnot, or do you not? Do doctors lose their licenses for performing sex change operations? Enough of this, it's insane.

+Rep

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

I'd like to see the Supreme Court take this, and say, no to all of the tranny stuff. No, that's not a thing, and you're all crazy. Here's the argument now, do you get institutionalized because you're a danger to yourself, cutting your junk off and whatnot, or do you not? Do doctors lose their licenses for performing sex change operations? Enough of this, it's insane.

Lefty weirdos are immune to logic and reasoning. It's what separates conservatives from progressives. They cannot comprehend logic, when logic was never taught to them.