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Murderer To Be Allowed A Sex Change.
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Should this killer been allowed sex change surgery on the NHS, after being convicted of this horrific crime.
Surely if he has survived 22 years as a man, why the need to become a woman now that he has been convicted of murder?
/// Green's surgery is expected to cost several thousand of pounds and will include travel and accommodation expenses as well as guards. ///
/// Inmates and staff at Cornton Vale are reportedly furious at having to deal with him. ///
/// Scottish Tories chief whip John Lamont told the Daily Record: 'Upon killing this man, he should have lost all his rights to a sex change on the NHS. ///
'This sums up just how crazy our justice system has become.'
Should this killer been allowed sex change surgery on the NHS, after being convicted of this horrific crime.
Surely if he has survived 22 years as a man, why the need to become a woman now that he has been convicted of murder?
/// Green's surgery is expected to cost several thousand of pounds and will include travel and accommodation expenses as well as guards. ///
/// Inmates and staff at Cornton Vale are reportedly furious at having to deal with him. ///
/// Scottish Tories chief whip John Lamont told the Daily Record: 'Upon killing this man, he should have lost all his rights to a sex change on the NHS. ///
'This sums up just how crazy our justice system has become.'
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"Surviving" 22 years isn't the same as enjoying those. If he -- well, if she -- has passed the assessments required to diagnose gender dysphoria, of course she should have the option. Not to do so would be to impose effectively an extra psychological punishment on top of her life sentence: not to live her life in the body she chooses.
Should anybody be allowed a sex change on the NHS ? If the answer is yes and they fit the criteria for such an operation, then the fact they are a convicted murderer should not make a difference; you wouldn't refuse them other essential surgery.
I can't see why the surgery was held essential for this person ,but then I am not a doctor.
I can't see why the surgery was held essential for this person ,but then I am not a doctor.
Fred
\\\\ then the fact they are a convicted murderer should not make a difference; you wouldn't refuse them other essential surgery. \\
"other essential surgery?" are you suggesting that a sex change operation is "essential surgery."
Madness, total madness, after serving a couple of months in a female jail, he would soon be begging for sex reversal surgery.
\\\\ then the fact they are a convicted murderer should not make a difference; you wouldn't refuse them other essential surgery. \\
"other essential surgery?" are you suggesting that a sex change operation is "essential surgery."
Madness, total madness, after serving a couple of months in a female jail, he would soon be begging for sex reversal surgery.
We'll see, Sqad -- but there's no reason to assume that this is just a ploy. After all, she'll stay in prison for the sentence so at least in that sense nothing has changed.
Ultimately it has to depend on the assessment. It takes a great deal to convince people that you should undergo gender reassignment so the decision won't have been taken lightly. Being a convicted murderer is unlikely to have made the process any faster either.
Ultimately it has to depend on the assessment. It takes a great deal to convince people that you should undergo gender reassignment so the decision won't have been taken lightly. Being a convicted murderer is unlikely to have made the process any faster either.
I think a sex change can be seen as essential, Sqad, and the NHS obviously thinks that it is in some cases or no such operations would be carried out on the NHS.
I never understood sex change. The man would say "I always felt as though I was a woman" but, obviously, he had no idea what it felt like to be a woman as he'd never been one. But it is a recognised condition.
I never understood sex change. The man would say "I always felt as though I was a woman" but, obviously, he had no idea what it felt like to be a woman as he'd never been one. But it is a recognised condition.
Jim
\\\\\\\ It takes a great deal to convince people that you should undergo gender reassignment so the decision won't have been taken lightly.\\\
mmmm!...I wonder.......the decision is probably made on psychological assessment, made obviously by Psychiatrists..............probably much easier to "fool" than other branches of medicine.
\\\\\\\ It takes a great deal to convince people that you should undergo gender reassignment so the decision won't have been taken lightly.\\\
mmmm!...I wonder.......the decision is probably made on psychological assessment, made obviously by Psychiatrists..............probably much easier to "fool" than other branches of medicine.
I agree 100% with Fred. Decisions on whether treatment is necessary/appropriate is based on medical need and should take no account of someone's criminal record.
Whilst it could be argued that no-one should receive sex change ops on the NHS, if such ops are done on the NHS then prisoners shouldn't be excluded if they meet the medical need criteria.
Whilst it could be argued that no-one should receive sex change ops on the NHS, if such ops are done on the NHS then prisoners shouldn't be excluded if they meet the medical need criteria.
