Massachusetts Officials to Appeal Inmate’s Sex Reassignment, Obviously
LatestAnyone who thought that Massachusetts inmate Michelle Kosilek’s sex reassignment surgery would proceed smoothly after Judge Mark Wolf ruled that Kosilek had an Eighth Amendement right to “adequate medical care” to treat her gender-identity disorder has seriously underestimated the appeals process. Shame on you for oversimplifying. Massachusetts officials announced Wednesday that they plan to appeal Judge Wolf’s decision to grant Kosilek, a convicted murderer, a request for the surgery, ensuring that more reductive radio hosts in the greater-Boston area will debate exasperated callers about the meaning of the phrase “medically necessary.”