Trump administration asks Supreme Court to deny care to trans prisoners
Lower courts that blocked officials from implementing the executive order
The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court to let federal prisons deny gender-affirming care to transgender inmates while lower-court litigation over a 2025 executive order continues.
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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow federal prisons to deny gender-affirming care to transgender inmates.
“The Trump administration asked the US supreme court ... to allow it to deny gender-affirming care to transgender inmates in federal prisons”
The administration’s request covers sex-trait-modification surgeries, hormone therapy and social accommodations including undergarments, makeup, padding and wigs.
“certain care, including sex-trait-modification surgeries, hormone therapy and social accommodations – such as undergarments, makeup, padding and wigs”
Donald Trump’s January 2025 executive order directed the Bureau of Prisons not to spend federal funds on procedures, treatment or drugs intended to make an inmate’s appearance conform to the opposite sex.
“directed the Bureau of Prisons to “ensure that no Federal funds are expended for any medical procedure, treatment, or drug for the purpose of conforming an inmate’s appearance to that of the opposite sex””