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Sex Change

The Fifth Circuit ruled 2-1 Friday that Texas prison officials’ ban on sex-reassignment surgery for inmates does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit ruled 2-1 Friday that a Texas ban on sex-reassignment surgery for inmates does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

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