Supreme Court skeptical of challenge to Tennessee ban on transgender youth treatments
Washington The Tennessee legislation that limits gender transition therapies was upheld by the conservative-majority Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Conservative judges' belief that the statute constituted a form of sex discrimination, which would require courts to closely examine it, did not seem to be supported by a protracted oral argument. All three of the court's liberal judges seemed to believe that the law classified people according to their sex.
The Biden administration, transgender youth, and their families have challenged the recently passed law before the court, which has a conservative 6-3 majority that includes three Trump appointees.
The 2023 state law prohibits hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and gender reassignment surgery for minors. A lower court judge ruled that the pl...