Trump Seeks Transgender Prison Care Ban

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let the Bureau of Prisons enforce new limits on gender-affirming care for transgender inmates. A group of transgender inmates sued, and U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ordered the government to keep providing care while the case continues. The policy follows President Trump’s second-term order barring federal funds for inmate treatments meant to conform appearance to the opposite sex. It is part of a wider rollback of transgender protections in schools, the military, passports and youth care. Lamberth called the policy arbitrary; the administration said it reasonably favors mental-health treatment and prison security. The prisoners’ response is due Oct. 8.