Supreme Court blocks Trump administration policy restricting transgender prisoner healthcare

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to support a Trump administration policy that would stop medical care for transgender prisoners. The policy, introduced by executive order in January 2025, would have ended hormone therapy for transgender people in federal jails. A lower court blocked the policy in June 2026, calling it "arbitrary and capricious." The Supreme Court agreed to leave that block in place. Only two justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, wanted to support the administration's request. About 1,000 transgender inmates will continue to receive care because of this ruling. Three prisoners who had been diagnosed with gender dysphoria first brought the legal challenge. Federal prisons had provided this type of care for decades before the new policy tried to end it.