Transgender prisoners ask U.S. Supreme Court to stop Trump from taking their medical care
The gist
Transgender federal inmates asked the Supreme Court on Oct 8 to keep blocking Trump's prison care policy.
The ruling will decide whether prisons must keep providing gender-transition care.
How it unfolded
- Jan 2025Trump signs an executive order directing the attorney general to ensure no federal funds pay for procedures, treatments or drugs meant to conform an inmate's appearance to the opposite sex.
- Mar 7, 2025Kingdom et al v. Trump et al is filed in the District of Columbia (case number 1:25-cv-00691).
- Feb 2026The Bureau of Prisons adopts a new policy on healthcare for transgender inmates, which it says it did independently of Trump's 2025 executive order.