The US Supreme Court ruled to uphold Tennessee's law banning gender-affirming care for minors, a decision viewed as a major defeat for trans rights supporters. The case, United States v Skrmetti, involved three families of trans children who argued the law constituted sex-based discrimination under the 14th amendment. The conservative justices appeared to sympathize with concerns about the law's implications, despite evidence from major medical organizations supporting gender-affirming care. Chief Justice Roberts emphasized that the ruling was based on the law's compliance with the equal protection clause rather than ideological opposition to trans rights.
Under Tennessee's law, someone assigned female at birth could not be prescribed testosterone, but someone assigned male at birth could receive those drugs.
During arguments, the conservative justices seemed sympathetic to that concern, although every major medical and mental health organization in the US has found that gender-affirming care can be evidence-based and medically necessary.
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