A federal judge ruled on June 3, 2025, that the Trump administration must restart taxpayer-funded gender-affirming care in federal prisons, halting Executive Order 14168. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction, allowing over 2,000 transgender inmates to maintain hormone therapy and related accommodations while litigation unfolds .
Judge Lamberth emphasized that ending medically approved treatments without individualized review violated the Eighth Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment. The ruling also rescinds parts of Trump’s order banning hormone care and the housing of transgender women in women’s prisons without due process.
The ACLU hailed the decision as a “critical reminder” of constitutional rights, while the DOJ plans to challenge the injunction, citing concerns for women’s safety under the original order
