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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to deny prisoners gender-affirming care
Original: The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to violate prisoners' constitutional rights to gender affirming hor
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that found prisoners have a constitutional right to gender-affirming hormone treatment. The administration wants the justices to reverse that decision, and commentators say it hopes to use the Court's earlier anti-trans ruling to further restrict gender-affirming care broadly. Advocates argue denying such treatment violates prisoners' constitutional rights.
Why now: The administration's fresh Supreme Court petition escalates a legal fight over transgender rights, a highly contested political issue
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- The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to violate prisoners' constitutional rights to gender affirming hormones after a lower court ruled in favor of the prisoners. The Trumpians hope to use an anti trans ruling from the Supreme Court to chip away at… · KrissyKat@hoosier.social · 8
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