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Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration Restrictions on Medical Care for Transgender Inmates

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal, leaving a lower-court block on the Trump administration’s restrictions on transgender inmates’ medical care.

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Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration Restrictions on Medical Care for Transgender Inmates

The Supreme Court refused to let the Trump administration immediately enforce restrictions on medical care for transgender people in federal prisons. The decision leaves in place a lower-court order requiring treatments and social accommodations to continue while a lawsuit proceeds. The policy would halt gender-affirming surgeries, taper off hormone therapy and end accommodations such as makeup and wigs. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, saying they would have allowed enforcement. The court’s brief order did not explain its reasoning or decide the lawsuit’s merits

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