Supreme Court prison care appeal
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow prison gender-care ban
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The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to temporarily let the Bureau of Prisons enforce a policy barring hormone therapy, gender-transition surgeries and social accommodations for federal inmates with gender dysphoria, while continuing mental-health services. The policy also calls for inmates already receiving hormones to be tapered off treatment. Federal courts have blocked the rules and ordered care to continue, with a district judge finding the policy may have been designed to carry out President Trump’s executive order and an appeals court questioning whether the bureau adequately considered its previous approach. The Justice Department argues the policy is a reasoned exercise of prison officials’ authority and that the injunction harms the government and public; the challenge adds to a series of disputes over transgender rights reaching the Supreme Court.
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The lawsuit was filed by inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria after Trump’s initial executive order barred federal funding for their medical treatments; the Bureau of Prisons then issued separate guidance restricting clothing accommodations.
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The Bureau of Prisons’ policy is part of a separate dispute over whether transgender prisoners should be housed according to their gender identity or their biological sex.
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The lower court faulted the updated policy for conflicting with the bureau’s prior reliance on recommendations from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health; the administration argues later work has cast those recommendations into serious doubt.
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The request is the administration’s 41st plea for Supreme Court emergency intervention since taking office, according to The Hill’s review of the court docket. Chief Justice John Roberts handles emergency matters from Washington by default and can act alone or send the request to the full court.
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