Ban on Hormone treatments for transgenders in Federal prisons goes to SCOTUS

DOJ asks Supreme Court to let federal prisons enforce ban on hormone treatments for transgender inmates

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to let federal prisons enforce a ban on hormone treatments for transgender inmates, a policy lower courts have blocked.

On Monday, the Justice Department urged the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lower-court ruling so the Bureau of Prisons can immediately enforce its updated policy on gender dysphoria. Fox News reported the filing seeks to restore limits on taxpayer-funded hormone treatments and social accommodations inside federal lockups.

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the high court the Bureau of Prisons acted within reasoned bounds when it chose mental-health care over contested medical interventions.

"BOP’s decision to prioritize mental-health treatment, while discontinuing medically disputed and unproven sex-rejecting interventions, falls well within the bounds of reasoned decision-making"

The fight reaches the justices after a district judge ordered the prisons to keep providing the contested care, and an appeals court refused to revive the ban while the case continued. The administration wants the policy back in force now, not after months of further litigation.

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