The Trump administration has escalated its efforts to restrict medical care for transgender inmates by asking the Supreme Court to approve a policy that would deny hormone treatments and other gender-affirming care in federal prisons. This move is aimed at lifting previous court orders that blocked such restrictions. The administration argues that limiting access to transgender medical care is necessary for security reasons, urging justices to back their efforts to end medical treatments for transgender individuals in the prison system. As the legal proceedings unfold, the Department of Justice is actively seeking to preserve the ban on these treatments.