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		<title>Must taxpayers Foot the Bill for Sex-Change?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Paleologos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MA taxpayers are stuck with paying for a sex-change operation for transgender inmate, Michelle Kosilek, a convicted murder. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals must decide whether to stay or overturn a lower court decesion that forces taxpayers to provide the sex-reassignment surgery. The court will rule by July, but you can take a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MA taxpayers are stuck with paying for a sex-change operation for transgender inmate, <a href="http://wbsm.com/state-will-pay-legal-fees-for-michelle-kosilek/" target="_blank">Michelle Kosilek</a>, a convicted murder.
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		<title>Massachusetts Appeals Court To Hear Inmate&#039;s Sex Change Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court in Boston is taking up the case of who will pay for an inmate&#8217;s sex change surgery. Convicted murderer Robert Kosilek has been working to get the state to foot the bill since he was sent to prison in 1990 for strangling his wife. He recently legally changed his name to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A federal appeals court in Boston is taking up the case of who will pay for an inmate's sex change surgery.
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		<title>State To Appeal Kosilek &quot;Sex-Change&quot; Ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts officials have decided to appeal a judge&#8217;s decision to grant a convicted murderer&#8217;s request for sex-reassignment surgery. A Patrick administration official confirmed the decision to The Associated Press Wednesday on the condition of anonymity because an official announcement had yet to be made. Kosilek&#8217;s attorney said she had no immediate comment because she didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Massachusetts officials have decided to appeal a judge's decision to grant a convicted murderer's request for sex-reassignment surgery.
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		<title>AP Exclusive: Massachusetts Inmate Lauds Sex-Change Ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A convicted murderer in Massachusetts says a judge&#8217;s decision to grant her request for sex-change surgery is &#8216;the right thing to do&#8217;. U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ruled this month that sex-reassignment surgery is the only adequate treatment for Michelle Kosilek&#8217;s gender-identity disorder, which he found was a &#8216;serious medical need&#8217;. Wolf&#8217;s ruling prompted an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A convicted murderer in Massachusetts says a judge's decision to grant her request for sex-change surgery is 'the right thing to do'.
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		<title>Sex Sells, But Should Taxpayers Foot The Bill? [POLL]</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Paleologos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s being talked about that taxpayers should share in the cost of sex reassignment surgeries! Yes, we&#8217;ve heard some strange things that government ought to be responsible for, as of late! But one idea shared by a Georgetown University student at the DNC, Wednesday night, is asking taxpayers to purchase contraception! So, let me see if I understand this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's being talked about that taxpayers should share in the cost of sex reassignment surgeries!
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