Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration's Attempt to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Inmates

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Published: 2026-10-22
Category: us
Source: JURIST - News

The Supreme Court on Wednesday left intact a lower court decision that blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new Bureau of Prisons policy that would end certain medical interventions for transgender inmates. The unsigned, one-line order rejected an emergency appeal from the Justice Department, ensuring that gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy, must continue in federal prisons.

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