Trump asks Supreme Court to let him end transgender surgeries for inmates
The article discusses the Trump administration’s legal efforts to challenge a federal court order that prohibits a new regulation for federal prisons.this regulation, enacted by the Bureau of Prisons, aimed to stop providing transgender surgeries adn procedures for inmates suffering from gender dysphoria, while still offering mental health treatment options. The Department of Justice has filed an emergency petition wiht the supreme Court, arguing that the policy was lawfully established under the bureau’s rulemaking authority and should be reinstated. The piece also includes promotional content for the washington Examiner’s subscription services.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Monday to lift a lower court’s order barring a new regulation for federal prisons, which would stop providing inmates with transgender surgeries and procedures.
The Department of Justice filed an emergency petition to the justices after a federal district court blocked a February 2026 policy from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which ended transgender surgeries as part of treatment for inmates suffering from gender dysphoria, while keeping mental health treatment options available. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued the high court should halt the lower court’s block, saying the policy was lawfully enacted under the BOP’s rulemaking authority.
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