Supreme Court Ruling on Transgender Treatments for Minors Draws Media Criticism as Rights Debate Intensifies
- The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Wednesday to uphold Tennessee's law banning gender-affirming care for minors under 18 seeking to transition.
- The law, known as SB 1, restricts puberty blockers and hormone treatments for gender dysphoria but permits similar care for other medical conditions.
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor authored a dissent joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson, arguing the law discriminates based on sex and causes harm to transgender children and families.
- Sotomayor criticized the Court for neglecting the rights and well-being of transgender children and their families by allowing political agendas to dictate legal outcomes, resulting in harm that lacks constitutional support.
- The ruling leaves transgender youth vulnerable to state discrimination and signals continued legal and political challenges regarding transgender rights in healthcare.
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Supreme Court justice FURIOUS; claims ruling ‘abandons transgender children’
In a major victory for those who care about the physical and mental health of America’s youth, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to uphold Tennessee’s Senate bill, which prohibits medical providers from providing puberty blockers and hormones for a minor’s sex change operation. “If this had gone the other way,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales says, “I cannot even explain how horribly disastrous that would have been for this country and for the next generat…
Missourians react to Supreme Court ruling on transgender restrictions - The Examiner
By Jack Suntrup St. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled Tennessee could ban puberty blockers and hormone therapies for… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close The post Missourians react to Supreme Court ruling on transgender restrictions appeared first on The Examiner.
The Supreme Court Delivers a Blow to Transgender Cases, Including the Recent Injunction on Trump Passport Changes
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its 6-3 ruling upholding a Tennessee ban on transgender medical treatments for adolescents. The ruling has major implications for pending transgender cases, particularly the concurrence of Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejecting the claim that transgender status qualifies as a group entitled to heightened scrutiny under the Constitution. One of those cases just resulted in a major ruling in Boston against the mov…
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