BraveNewWorld
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http://news.yahoo.com/bradley-manning-says-wants-live-woman-120700028.html
Personally I feel that after being tried in court and being sentenced to prison you shouldn't be able to use the taxpayer's money for something like this. I'm fine with any medical procedure taking place to keep him alive, but this seems ridiculous (though I know sex change operations happen fairly frequently in prison, the high profile of this case draws extra attention to it.)
What do you all think?
Bradley Manning plans to live as a woman named Chelsea and wants to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible, the soldier said Thursday, a day after being sentenced to 35 years in prison for sending classified material to WikiLeaks. Manning announced the decision in a written statement provided to NBC's "Today" show, asking supporters to refer to him by his new name and the feminine pronoun. The statement was signed "Chelsea E. Manning."
"As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible," the statement read.
Manning's defense attorney David Coombs told "Today" in an interview that he is hoping officials at the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., will accommodate Manning's request for hormone therapy.
"If Fort Leavenworth does not, then I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure they are forced to do so," Coombs said.
Coombs did not respond to phone and email messages from The Associated Press on Thursday.
Personally I feel that after being tried in court and being sentenced to prison you shouldn't be able to use the taxpayer's money for something like this. I'm fine with any medical procedure taking place to keep him alive, but this seems ridiculous (though I know sex change operations happen fairly frequently in prison, the high profile of this case draws extra attention to it.)
What do you all think?
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