The Tennessee law challenged in court bans certain medical treatments for transgender minors, raising critical questions about its implications on the equal protection clause of the Constitution.
The U.S. solicitor general stated that the law discriminates based on sex by allowing gender transition treatments for some minors while prohibiting them for others based on their assigned sex at birth.
Tennessee’s attorney general contends that the law does not classify by sex, instead differentiating between minors seeking treatments for gender transitioning and those seeking other medical purposes.
The Supreme Court has historically been reluctant to expand the list of classifications requiring heightened scrutiny, which could impact the outcome of the legal challenge against the Tennessee law.
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