Supreme Court Rejects Administration Bid to Restrict Inmate Care

The Supreme Court blocked a policy ending gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender federal prisoners.

The Supreme Court refused to allow the administration to enforce a policy restricting medical treatments for transgender prisoners. The justices left a lower court injunction in place, keeping hormone therapy and surgeries accessible for federal inmates. Two conservative justices dissented from the decision.

• The voteTwo conservative justices dissented from the unsigned order.
• The agencyThe disputed directive was issued by the Bureau of Prisons.
• The backgroundLower courts had previously blocked the policy before the emergency appeal reached the high court.