Trump admin asks SCOTUS to lift transgender inmate policy block — SkimNews
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- Trump administration petitioned the Supreme Court on Monday to lift a federal judge's block on its Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy restricting transgender inmates' access to hormone treatments and gender-affirming surgeries.
- Under the BOP policy, inmates currently receiving hormone treatments would be tapered off, per the text released (truncated mid-sentence).
- The administration's request escalates a legal fight over medical care for transgender federal inmates from a lower-court injunction to the nation's highest court.
- The Supreme Court filing comes amid a broader Trump administration push on transgender-related policies across federal institutions.
Why it matters: The Court's decision will determine whether the BOP can enforce restrictions on hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries for transgender inmates — care a judge found unlawfully curtailed. The ruling would set a binding precedent on how far prison authorities can go in limiting gender-affirming medical treatment behind bars.
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