Reuters
BOSTON, Mass. — The question of whether Massachusetts’ prison system is obligated to pay for a convicted murderer’s sex-change operation will go before the Court of Appeals in Boston next month.
The court said that on April 2 it would hear Massachusetts’ case that it was not obligated to pay for the surgery for an inmate serving a life term.
The 63-year-old inmate, who has legally changed his name to Michelle Kosilek, sued the state’s Department of Corrections more than a decade ago, trying to force it to pay for gender reassignment surgery.
Full story: Boston appeals court to hear inmate’s sex-change plea in April