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- Supreme Court denied the Trump administration’s request to enforce the gender-affirming care restriction on Oct. 21, 2026.
- The denial left the district-court block in place, so hormone therapy and other treatments continue.
- President Donald Trump’s February executive order would halt surgeries, taper hormones, and end makeup and wig accommodations for transgender inmates.
- Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from the Court’s denial of the emergency request.