Supreme Court leaves protections for trans prison healthcare in place
Federal
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on October 21 to pause a lower-court injunction protecting gender-affirming healthcare in federal prisons, according to ACLU-DC, which represents the plaintiffs in Kingdom v. Trump. The injunction blocks enforcement of the Bureau of Prisons policy while litigation proceeds. This keeps a vital safeguard against withdrawal of medically necessary care in place. The stay denial is an interim procedural decision, not a final ruling on the merits.
Read the plaintiffs legal representatives account.