POSSIBLE HERE OR THERE.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
REST OF THE WEEK.
Ed: THE SUPREME COURT IS
REFUSING TO HEAR THE CASE THAT
ASKS FOR A SEX CHANGE
OPERATION.
JANET WU REPORTS THIS MAY BE
THE END OF THE ROAD, BUT NOT
THE CONTROVERSY.
Reporter: MICHELLE WAS ROBERT
WHEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN
PRISON FOR THE 1990 MURDER OF
HIS WIFE.
THREE YEARS AGO A FEDERAL
JUDGE ORDERED THE STATE TO PAY
FOR HER GENDER REASSIGNMENT
SURGERY AND THAT'S WHEN SHE
TURNED TO TURNED TO THE HIGH
SUPREME COURT AND THEY REFUSED
TO HEAR THE CASE.
I WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF USING
TAXPAYER MONEY TO PAY FOR THE
SURGERY.
I AM PLEASED WITH THE SUPREME
COURT'S DECISION.
TODAY'S DECISION WAS A VERY
INHUMANE AND CRUEL DECISION
BECAUSE ALL OF THE EVIDENCE IN
THE TRIAL OF THIS CASE WAS
THAT SHE THREATENS FROM A
LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION.
Reporter: HE IS CONFIDENT THAT
THE U.S. SPREAM COURT WILL
RULE ON THIS ISSUE IN THE
FUTURE.
THIS IS A MEDICAL ISSUE
JUST LIKE CANCER OR ANY OTHER
HEALTH CONDITION THAT REQUIRES
TREATMENT AND TO DENY
TREATMENT IS TO PLACE SOMEBODY
IN HARM AND RISK OF DEATH.
Reporter: INSURANCE COMPANIES
AND MEDICARE DO NOT COVER THE
PROCEDURE NOW, BUT
MASSACHUSETTS RECENTLY MADE
TRANSGENDERS A PROTECTIVE
CLASS.
EVEN THOUGH WE MAY SEE
PROGRESS IN SOME PARTS OR
CHANGES FOR THE TRANSGENDERS,
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE COURT
WAS CORRECT IN THIS PARTICULAR
DECISION.
Reporter: LAST MONTH A FEDERAL
JUDGE IN CALIFORNIA ALSO
ORDERED THE CORRECTIONS
DEPARTMENT THERE TO PAY FOR
THE SURGERY OF MICHELLE CON
VIC TESTIFIED MURDER.
THEY HOPE THIS WILL BE THEIR
SECOND CHANCE AT A HIGH COURT
RULING.
IF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
TAKES UP THIS ISSUE IT WON'T
HAPPEN FOR YEARS.
ANOTHER APPEALS COURT WOULD
