Supreme Court to hear case regarding Tennessee's ban of 'gender-affirming' care for minors
Democrats and the left are throwing tantrums over propaganda regarding President-elect Donald Trump's assumed approach to transgender rights.
According to ABC News, many red states, including Tennessee, have already passed laws banning minors from receiving puberty blockers and other transgender medications and procedures, and trans advocacy groups are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court strikes them down.
The high court agreed to hear a case regarding Tennessee's laws on the matter, and advocacy groups are hoping that the conservative-majority Supreme Court will do something about it.
Twenty-five other states have enacted similar laws, meant to prevent minors from accessing such treatments.
What's going on?
Parents of transgender children in Tennessee and advocates for them will ask the Supreme Court to quash the state's law, arguing that it's "sex discrimination."
Chase Strangio, who represents the families at the Supreme Court, released a statement on the upcoming Supreme Court fight.
"The stakes are high, of course, for transgender adolescents, but also for the parents who are watching their children suffer, who are just trying to do right by their kids," Strangio said.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case involving Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people under age 18. https://t.co/bBQvP1Ugg6
— WAND TV News (@wandtvnews) December 3, 2024
ABC News noted:
Most Republican-controlled states have adopted a ban similar to the one in Tennessee, and those laws mostly are in effect, despite legal challenges. The Tennessee case is the first time the nation’s top court will consider the constitutionality of the bans.
Lawyers for the state are also gearing up to defend the law, and will argue that the "life-altering gender-transition procedures" are too risky, without ample studies. They will reportedly argue that it's the state's duty to protect minors from such procedures and treatments.
Speaking out
ABC News interviewed one transgender young person advocating for the law to be wiped from the books.
“These bans are denying people the opportunity to live and excel,” he said in an interview. “There are thousands of transgender youth across the country that are thriving just like me because we’ve had the love and understanding of our families and because we’ve had access to proper care.”
The law has plenty of support in the red state, and many believe the Supreme Court, dominated by conservative justices, will ultimately uphold it.
Only time will tell.