{"id":"92296687-c8ba-44d7-aa01-d15614d072b2","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/gender-affirming-transgender-prisoners-trump-supreme-court","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"name":"The Guardian","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true,"owner":"Guardian Media Group"},"title":"Trump admin asks supreme court to allow gender-affirming care denial to transgender prisoners","plainHeadline":"Trump asks Supreme Court to allow denial of gender-affirming care for trans inmates","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["The Trump administration filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court to allow denying gender-affirming care for transgender inmates.","Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued such treatments may no longer be justified as care for gender dysphoria.","The request references an January 2025 executive order directing the Bureau of Prisons to avoid funding gender-transition procedures.","Two lower courts have blocked the policy, while litigation continues in broader suit against the executive order.","Justices have shown sympathy toward the administration’s policies on related trans issues, with responses due by October 8."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-29T15:25:43.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-29T15:45:45.730Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/113536a3-c5c9-4a4b-b794-162f39b982e3","storyId":"113536a3-c5c9-4a4b-b794-162f39b982e3","image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/311dc0a3fa035ce4c10f6467d3b69c7f0e8ce020/1338_1240_5331_4264/master/5331.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=22d608497d210fb050f3a1e56e0a1bf8","author":"Ariana Baio","dek":"Trans inmates sued the administration over the policy and, so far, two lower courts have blocked implementation"}