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September 5, 2012

Massachusetts Ordered to Pay for Prisoner's Sex Change 
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A federal appeals court has ordered Massachusetts to pay for a sex
change operation sought by an imprisoned convict. Michelle Kosilek sued
the state more than a decade ago. Initially imprisoned as a man, she is
serving a life sentence for murder. In its ruling, the court said
Kosilek had been unlawfully denied her right to surgery.

 

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