Federal Judge: California Prison Must Provide Surgery To Transgender Inmate

A federal judge in California has ruled that a transgender prisoner must be provided with the sex reassignment surgery that her doctors have said is medically necessary "as promptly as possible." The prison's blanket denial of SRS for any trans inmate violated Michelle-Lael Norsworthy's rights to adequate medical care under the Eighth Amendment, which protects against cruel and unusual punishment.

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