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Federal Court Upholds Transgender People's Right to Access Medical Treatment in

Started by SandraJane, August 14, 2011, 05:02:55 AM

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August 14, 2011, 05:02:55 AM
August 5, 2011

Federal Court Upholds Transgender People's Right to Access Medical Treatment in Prison

ACLU and Lambda Legal Sued to Allow Transgender Inmates to Receive Hormone Treatments
M. Dru Levasseur, Transgender Rights Attorney.

"The medical needs of transgender people don't disappear once they enter prison." M. Dru Levasseur, Transgender Rights Attorney

CHICAGO—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit today upheld the right of transgender people to receive medical care while they are incarcerated. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Wisconsin and Lambda Legal had challenged a Wisconsin law that prohibited prison doctors from prescribing hormone treatment or sex reassignment surgery to transgender inmates.

http://www.lambdalegal.org/news/pr/wi_20110805_court-upholds-transgender.html
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