Supreme Court Appears Likely To Uphold State Law Banning Gender Treatments for Minors: Ruling Would Deal a Major Blow to Transgender Activists
During oral arguments held Wednesday, Chief Justice Roberts expressed wariness about the judicial, rather than legislative, branch solving disputes over medical regulation.

The Supreme Court appears inclined to rule that Tennessee’s ban on gender-transition treatments for minors does not violate the Constitution. Such a landmark decision would bolster similar laws in 23 other conservative states. And it would be a major setback for transgender rights activists who believe children should have access to medical treatments that change — sometimes irreversibly — their sex characteristics.
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