US EditionFederal Prisons Must Keep Providing Hormone Therapy to Transgender Inmates, a Judge Says
- U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ordered that the federal Bureau of Prisons maintain access to hormone treatments and necessary accommodations for transgender inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria across the country.
- The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit from transgender inmates opposing a directive issued during the Trump administration that restricted federal funding for gender-affirming healthcare in prisons.
- The judge found the administration failed to justify its policy reversing transgender medical treatment, which caused interruptions in hormone therapy and access to gender-specific items.
- Lamberth stated the Bureau of Prisons must provide treatment and accommodations as medically indicated, noting that denying care risks "irreparable harm" including increased depression and suicidality.
- The ruling extends nationwide protections by ensuring that federal prisoners diagnosed with gender dysphoria, both presently incarcerated and those who may be incarcerated in the future, continue to receive access to gender-affirming medical treatment.
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