Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow policy ending medical treatments for transgender inmates

September 28, 2026 / 11:41 AM EDT / CBS News

Washington — The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to revive for now a Bureau of Prisons policy cutting off medical interventions and social accommodations for transgender inmates.

The Justice Department's emergency appeal stems from a federal district court order issued last month that continued to prohibit the Bureau of Prisons from enforcing its new rules against any inmate who is or will be diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

The judge overseeing a challenge to the policy, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, ordered the Trump administration to continue providing medical care to a class of transgender inmates.

A group of inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria filed a lawsuit last year after President Trump issued an executive order at the start of his second term that prohibited the use of federal funds for medical procedures or treatments for transgender inmates within the federal Bureau of Prisons system. On the heels of that directive, the bureau issued new guidance that prohibited staff from granting requests for clothing accommodations for those inmates and barred the use of federal dollars for medical interventions.

The Bureau of Prisons then issued a new policy in…

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