A federal court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to continue providing gender-affirming health care to transgender inmates in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP).

In a 36-page memorandum opinion , U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, a Ronald Reagan appointee, issued a preliminary injunction barring a suite of government policies purporting to ban such care.

The court’s order will remain in effect until the case concludes at the district court level or is stayed by an intervening court.

“During the pendency of this litigation, the BOP is required to restore and maintain access to those treatment modalities for those who previously received them pursuant to a prescription rendered by BOP staff,” the opinion reads. “And moreover, if BOP medical per

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