The US Supreme Court's scrutiny of Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth poses serious threats to civil rights and legal precedents.
Tennessee contends that its law is a blanket rule aimed at protecting minors from risky medical procedures, but critics argue it's discriminatory.
US solicitor general Elizabeth Prelogar warned that siding with Tennessee would jeopardize five decades of progress in anti-discrimination protections.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invoked Loving v Virginia to illustrate how Tennessee's law could parallel historical challenges to civil rights, particularly for marginalized groups.
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