Hormone Case Goes to Federal Court; Trial to Test State's Inmate Sex Change Prevention Act

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A trial set to start today in federal court will test a Wisconsin law that prohibits hormone therapy for male state prison inmates who are trying to become women.

The lawsuit, brought by three inmates, says Wisconsin's law passed in 2005 amounts to cruel punishment and unfair treatment.

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Hormone Case Goes to Federal Court; Trial to Test State's Inmate Sex Change Prevention Act

The law, believed to be the only one of its kind in the nation, was a response to the case of Scott Kon...

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