The Crying Game / TRANSGENDER DISCUSSION

[HairOfTheDog]

I'm not sure why any of us are even supposed to care about a convict and their emotional well being. I don't give a shit about most people let alone someone convicted of murder. The fact that an inmate has access to better care than someone who is a law abiding citizen is appalling.

I don't sense that anyone here is suggesting that anyone else is supposed to care about the emotional well-being of convicts (murderers, no less). I don't care much about that.

My point is that this isn't an issue of one state or one individual setting a precedent, as Six and Mags alluded. The handling of trans people has been a problem in prisons across the country (and in other countries) for a long time.

Now that more trans people are coming out and more medical professionals are classifying reassignment surgery as life-saving treatment for people with severe cases of gender dysphoria, some prisoners are demanding the surgery.

The judges and courts may not care about those prisoners' emotional well-being either, but that's irrelevant. They have to hear the cases and make impartial rulings about what constitutes "adequate health care" by considering constitutional law, case law, and the evidence (including the doctors' recommendations).

I think access to adequate health care should be a constitutional right for all U.S. citizens. But, it's not.........so, it's also been a fact for a long time that criminals in state/federal-custody have better medical care than many law-abiding citizens.