SCOTUS Will Hear Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
The Facts
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Monday granted certiorari to a case involving a challenge to a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youths.
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Monday granted certiorari to US v. Skrmetti, a case involving a challenge to a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youths.
The Spin
It's crucial that SCOTUS not only hear this case, but also step in to protect the rights of these youths and their families. Republicans constantly boast about being in favor of parents' rights, yet the Tennessee law and others like it are prohibiting effective treatments that the youths, their parents, and their doctors deem necessary. That's infringing on freedom, not protecting it.
SCOTUS and the federal government should stay out of Tennessee and other states' business. Republican-led states have passed these types of laws to protect children from the irreversible harm that could be caused from receiving these treatments, some of which are experimental. Although SCOTUS shouldn't have taken this case, it will hopefully see the light and leave the regulation of child welfare up to the states.
