A case that may allow Wisconsin prisoners to receive state-funded sex-change hormones is the latest debate between attorney general hopeful J.B. Van Hollen and current Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager.
Instead of opposing this ""nonsense,"" Lautenschlager agreed to an injunction, said Van Hollen in a statement.
Current Wisconsin law bars the Department of Corrections from using tax money for sex-reassignment treatments, but the court has prohibited the state from terminating one inmate's hormone therapy, said Van Hollen.
The inmate, Scott Konitzer, who is serving a 123-year sentence for robbery and battery of another prisoner, filed a lawsuit to seek state payment for his sex-change operation.
Judge Charles Clevert twice ordered an injunction barring defendants from withdrawing his treatments. Lautenschlager did not challenge the rulings.
""Lautenschlager is letting a liberal judge impose his will without a fight,"" Van Hollen said. She is ""afraid of upsetting key liberal interest groups, and taxpayers are paying the price as a result.""
