US Supreme Court rejects Trump administration's bid to limit medical care for transgender inmates

The United States Supreme Court has turned down a request from the Trump administration that sought to restrict medical treatment for transgender people held in federal prisons. The administration had argued for limits on gender-affirming care within the Bureau of Prisons. The justices' decision leaves in place the existing lower-court rulings that protected access to such care for incarcerated transgender individuals. The case centered on whether federal policy could curtail medical services that courts had found were required for inmates with gender dysphoria. The ruling is a notable setback for the administration's broader effort to restrict transgender health care.