Judge says transgender inmates must have access to hormone therapy
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A federal judge has ruled that transgender inmates in U.S. prisons must continue getting medical care, including hormone therapy and gender-affirming accommodations.
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) may not enforce parts of a sweeping executive order President Trump signed on his first day back in office instructing it to cease treatment for transgender inmates’ gender dysphoria, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S.
A federal judge has ruled that transgender inmates in U.S. prisons must continue getting medical care, including hormone therapy and gender-affirming accommodations.
