I have to agree that Kosilek should have access to treatment, but not on the taxpayers' dime. I would not want to see convicted criminals getting free access to SRS/GRS (for example) when it is still so difficult for most law-abiding citizens to get affordable health insurance coverage for the same condition. When citizens have reasonable access to insurance options for GID/GD treatment then I might be willing to see tax money go to providing a similar level of coverage for prisoners. Not before. After all, it is prison; prisoners are not supposed to have a higher quality of life than free citizens...that would just be an incentive for committing a crime and getting caught. They should have just the basics and plenty of time to repent of their crimes; hence the term "penitentiary" from the word "penitent" meaning apologetic or regretful.
And yes, I would stand by all of the above, even if I were the convict...much as it might hurt to suffer the effects of my principles.
