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Court Rules Denying Gender Confirmation Surgery is 'Cruel and Unusual Punishment'

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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the state of Idaho must provide gender confirmation surgery to a transgender inmate. Adree Edmo will be the first prisoner in the nation to get the surgery through such a court order.

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