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Oct 21, 2026

Supreme Court blocks Trump policy restricting transgender inmate treatment

The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration cannot enforce a new policy restricting medical treatment for transgender inmates in federal prisons, issuing a brief order blocking the policy's implementation.

Oct 21, 2026·3 sources

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▪The Bureau of Prisons gradually expanded transgender inmates' access to medical treatments and social accommodations in the years following 1992
▪The Bureau of Prisons policy requires federal inmates currently receiving hormone therapy to be placed on tapering plans that gradually discontinue the treatment
▪The Bureau of Prisons has provided hormone treatment to federal inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria since 1992

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Civil rights1 Federal agencies1 Gender identity1 Gender-affirming care1 Judiciary1 Supreme Court1 Trump administration1 U.S. Supreme Court1

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