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Preparation? >> the army has a very specific set of plans for male and female soldiers based on body fat, height and weight, but based on biological differences between males and females. under this policy, a soldier can change their gender in the personnel system without undergoing reassignment surgery or any other physical changes whatsoever. so in the army -- >> tucker: as long as you say you've changed, you can change? >> if you have achieved a change of birth certificate and you are now a different gender. for an example of how this plays into the readiness issue, an 18-year-old male sold...

Political correctness run amok . steve: what's the logic of this because on a common sense level, how could this be? >> under the u.s. constitution under the eighth amendment we must provide prisoners with the same life-saving medical treatment that we provide re-citizens with . steve: life-saving . >> the consensus among the medical community is that this surgery is saving for prisoners despite what people think. steve: penny, life-saving? >> she's right, the eighth amendment does talk about cruel and unusual punishment and we should give good quality healthcare but there's no consensus aroun...

Years they found their work suicide rates 20 fold that of the control group after the reassignment surgery 10 years out so we're not sure . johns hopkins went to the wall street journal and said he didn't think it was helpful. in fact, it might be hurtful so regardless, we can all agree that prisoners deserve quality medical care. steve: of course but he's our murderer whose asking taxpayers to fund $100,000 to change sex while in prison. it just doesn't feel right to a lot of people watching. >> i understand people feel an ethical conflict about it because of the crime he's committed but we h...

Director tom hooper's "the danish girl" tells the real-life story of a 1920s danish artist. and her struggles among life whiling by the first ever to undergo reassignment surgery. >> i'm your wife. i know everything. >> every morning i promise myself that i'll spend the entire day as a man. >> but i think lily's thoughts and dream her dreams. >> the most likely explanation is a chemical imbalance. >> i trusted you. i came to you for help. >> it's never been attempted before. >> it could kill you.

Hormone therapy but has not made up his mind about reassignment surgery. the lbgt advocacy group had this response, bruce jenner shined a light on what it means to be transgender and live authentically in the face of unimaginable public skrutcrutiny. stories like this help create a world in which everyone can express their gender identity without fear of violence. for more on what this means for the americans that identify as transgender, the executive director of the national center for transgender equality joins me this morning. so obviously there's months of speculation about jenner's gende...