Judge Rules that Prisons Must Accommodate ‘Transgender’ Prisoners with ‘Gender-Affirming’ SurgeryBy Eric Lendrum
April 22, 2022
A federal judge ruled on Monday that a federal prisoner is entitled to surgical procedures that will alter his body in order to accommodate his “transgender” identity.
As reported by USA Today, Judge Nancy Rosenstengel of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois ordered the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide a surgeon who will perform the operation for a prisoner going by the name of Christina Iglesias, a man who believes that he is a woman. The decision ended a case that has lasted for three years.
Under the conditions of Rosenstengel’s ruling, BOP must now provide a timeline for when Iglesias’ surgery will take place, including details about their vetting process for the surgeon who will perform the operation, and must submit weekly reports to the court constantly updating the judge on the matter. The judge also ordered the operation to be carried out before Iglesias’ prison sentence ends in December.
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Source:
https://amgreatness.com/2022/04/22/judge-rules-that-prisons-must-accommodate-transgender-prisoners-with-gender-affirming-surgery/
