Supreme Court to Review Major Case on Tennessee's Transgender Law

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The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a significant case challenging a Tennessee law that bans hormone therapy and puberty blockers for children under 18. This case marks the first occasion for the current nine justices to address the issue of transgender medical treatments.

 

Three transgender teenagers from Tennessee, their parents, and a doctor who provides transgender medications are the plaintiffs in this case. They argue that the 2023 Tennessee law violates the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law, asserting that it discriminates on the basis of sex. The plaintiffs are supported by the Biden administration and several major medical groups, who argue that the law prevents transgender individuals from accessing necessary drugs and therapies that are available to other adolescents with medical needs. Additionally, they contend that the ban infringes on parental rights to obtain necessary care for their children.

 

U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, representing the Biden administration, emphasized the harm caused by the Tennessee law and similar statutes. In a brief filed last year, Prelogar stated that these laws "inflict profound harm on transgender adolescents and their families" by denying "appropriate and necessary" treatment for a serious medical condition. She called on the Supreme Court to resolve the uncertainty surrounding the legality of transgender medical bans.

 

On the other side, lawyers for the state of Tennessee argue that the law reflects the will of the state's elected lawmakers and addresses a pressing public concern. According to their brief, Tennessee acted to ensure that minors do not receive these treatments until they can fully understand the lifelong consequences or until the science develops to the point where the state might reconsider their efficacy.

 

This case, United States v. Skrmetti, comes in the wake of a previous Supreme Court decision that upheld an Idaho ban on transgender medical treatments for children, although the court did not express an opinion on the constitutionality of the statute. Additionally, in 2020, a six-justice majority of the court ruled that federal law prohibits discrimination against transgender employees. However, the composition of the court has changed since then, with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg being replaced by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a more conservative appointee of former President Donald Trump.

 

The Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments in the autumn and issue a decision sometime next year. This case could have far-reaching implications for the legal landscape surrounding transgender rights and medical treatments in the United States, particularly given that 25 states have enacted similar laws, some of which are currently under legal challenge.

 

Credit: BBC 2024-06-26

 

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[john donson]

for me personally, I only care if they do all this transition on the TAX PAYERS money and not their own...  well the parents should be sued for child abuse...

 

you ever wonder, seeing a man transforming into a woman, then, declare to be a lesbian...  or love men, well, they were just gay...   there is a lot of maintenance on the new fake p... to keep it 'open', and estrogen for a man, drives your prostate faster into cancer, or do they remove that also these days ?