Author Topic: Chelsea Manning to undergo sex reassignment surgery (Read 357 times)

rangerrebew · « **on:** September 14, 2016, 09:35:43 am »

Chelsea Manning to undergo sex reassignment surgery

By: Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, September 13, 2016 (Photo Credit: Patrick Semansky/AP)
WASHINGTON -— Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning has been assured she will receive gender reassignment surgery while in prison, her lawyer said late Tuesday.

Manning, convicted in the massive leak of national security secrets that propelled WikiLeaks to prominence, is serving a 35-year sentence at the Army's prison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. She is eligible for parole in about six years.

Manning ended a hunger strike begun last week after receiving assurances that the government would provide the surgery, said Chase Strangio, her lawyer and an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union. Manning's doctors recommended in April that she have the male-to-female surgery, Strangio said.

http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/chelsea-manning-to-undergo-sex-reassignment-surgery

rangerrebew · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2016, 09:37:58 am »

Is America great, or what? Can you think of another country where a military traitor can get a sex change operation while in prison at tax payer expense.