Link Lauren criticised the US Supreme Court’s decision to block Trump’s administration from immediately enforcing restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners.In a post on X on October 21, 2026, Lauren called the ruling a “disgrace” and questioned the use of public funds for gender-transition treatments for incarcerated people."We’re trillions of dollars in debt and now we have to pay for criminals to get sex changes? What a disgrace. (sic)"The post responded to a New York Post report stating that the Supreme Court had blocked the administration’s effort to restrict transgender treatment in federal prisons.The Guardian reported on October 21, 2026, that the court had rejected an emergency appeal from the Justice Department, leaving a lower court order preventing the restrictions from taking effect in place. The case will continue through the courts, while the administration’s proposed policy remains blocked for now.More about the Supreme Court order to block Trump administration's petition on gender affirming careThe post followed the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant the Trump administration’s emergency request to reinstate restrictions on gender-affirming care in federal prisons.According to The Guardian’s report, the decision left in place a federal judge’s order preventing the Bureau of Prisons from implementing the policy while a legal challenge proceeds.The proposed restrictions would prohibit medical and surgical treatments related to gender transition. They would also end certain accommodations, including access to clothing and hair-removal devices intended to help prisoners present themselves in line with their gender identity. Psychiatric care would remain available under the policy, The Guardian reported.The case was brought by three transgender prisoners held in federal correctional facilities in New Jersey, Florida and Minnesota. They challenged the administration’s policy through a class-action lawsuit, arguing against the proposed changes to their medical care.The Guardian reported that federal prisons had provided hormone treatment to prisoners experiencing gender dysphoria since at least 1992.Why the Supreme Court blocked Trump’s prison care restrictionsThe Guardian noted that the Supreme Court rejected the Justice Department’s emergency appeal seeking to overturn a lower court order. The ruling did not resolve the underlying lawsuit; it prevented the restrictions from taking effect while the legal challenge continues.Two conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, publicly opposed the decision, according to The Guardian. The court has issued other recent rulings allowing restrictions affecting transgender people, including state laws restricting transgender athletes’ participation in school sports and the administration’s ban on transgender military service.CBS News @CBSNewsLINKBREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled states can prohibit transgender athletes from competing on girls' and women's sports teams, a decision that delivers the latest setback for transgender rights.Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored the opinion for the majority, writing that under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause, schools can base eligibility for women and girls' sports teams on biological sex.The dispute stems from a policy introduced earlier in Trump’s second term. The Guardian reported that an executive order signed on his first day back in office directed federal agencies to revise their practices concerning transgender people. It also called for ending federal funding for medical procedures intended to change an inmate’s appearance to align with a different sex.The prisoners challenging the restrictions argued that withdrawing hormone treatment could cause serious harm. Their legal filing warned of increased depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and self-harm among patients denied hormone therapy, The Guardian reported.