FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is under no legal requirement to use taxpayer money to cover the costs of gender-affirming surgeries for people incarcerated in state prisons, Attorney General Russell Coleman said Thursday. The Kentucky Department of Corrections requested the opinion from the state’s Republican attorney general as the agency amends its administrative regulations regarding medical care for people in prison. Coleman was asked whethe…

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Kentucky's attorney general says the state is under no legal requirement to use taxpayer money to cover the costs of gender-affirming surgeries for people incarcerated in state prisons. The state’s

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Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general says the state is under no legal requirement to use taxpayer money to cover the costs of gender-affirming surgeries for people incarcerated in state prisons. The state’s corrections department requested the opinion as it amends regulations regarding medical care for people in prison. Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman was asked whether the constitutional prohibition agai…

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Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman issued a legal opinion on Thursday where he said he believes the state is not obligated to use taxpayer funds for transgender-related surgeries for jailed inmates.
The Kentucky Department of Corrections sought this opinion as it looked at revising some of its administrative regulations concerning medical care for prisoners. Coleman was asked to determine whether denying such surgeries when deemed “medica…

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is under no legal requirement to use taxpayer money to cover the costs of gender-affirming surgeries for people incarcerated in state prisons, Attorney General Russell Coleman said Thursday. The state’s corrections department requested the opinion from the state’s Republican attorney general as the agency amends its administrative regulations regarding medical care for people in prison. Coleman was asked whether th…

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Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is under no legal requirement to use taxpayer money to cover the costs of gender-affirming surgeries for people incarcerated in state prisons, Attorney General Russell Coleman said Thursday. The Kentucky Department of Corrections requested the opinion from the state’s Republican attorney general as the agency amends its administrative regulations regarding medical care for people in prison. Coleman…

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Kentucky is under no legal requirement to use taxpayer money to cover the costs of gender-affirming surgeries for people incarcerated in state prisons, Attorney General Russell Coleman said Thursday. The Kentucky Department of Corrections requested the opinion from the state's Republican attorney general as the agency amends its administrative regulations regarding medical care for people in prison.

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