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Supreme Court keeps block on transgender inmate care limits
On Oct. 21 the Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's emergency request to enforce a Bureau of Prisons policy ending gender-affirming medical care for transgender people in federal prisons, leaving in place a lower-court order blocking it while the lawsuit continues. The order gave no explanation; Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.
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How each side sees it
The administration saysThe Bureau of Prisons reasonably prioritized mental-health treatment over what it calls medically disputed interventions, and security and prison-administration concerns justified the change.
The challengers sayThe ACLU, representing transgender inmates, called it "a critical ruling" and says denying necessary care violates their constitutional rights.
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