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February 6, 2025

Judge Blocks Trump's "Cruel and Unusual" Order to Move Trans Women Prisoners to Men's Wards
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday temporarily blocked
Trump's order that sought to move transgender women in federal prisons
to men's wards and end their gender-affirming care. The three
transgender prisoners who filed the lawsuit successfully argued that the
anti-trans order violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against
cruel and unusual punishment.


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