“The recent decision made by a panel of First Circuit Court
of Appeals judges to uphold an earlier decision ordering the Department of
Corrections to provide a gender reassignment surgery for a convicted killer is
not only outrageous, but injudicious.
Providing extraordinary surgery for someone who has committed 1st degree
murder isn’t a wise decision for state tax payers and certainly doesn’t serve
the interests of justice in Massachusetts or a precedent for the rest of the
country.
I applaud Governor Patrick and the Department of
Corrections’ decision to appeal this ruling. It sets a bad precedent that will
result in serious ramifications that go beyond just the borders of the
Commonwealth.”
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