US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law restricting gender transition care for minors

The US Supreme Court has ruled that Tennessee can limit or even fully ban gender transition care for young people.

The justices voted 6 to 3 that a Tennessee law limiting access to treatments such as puberty blockers for under-18s was not discrimination. The ruling will likely have a nationwide effect - 25 states have similar laws.

Three Tennessee transgender teenagers, their parents, and a doctor who provides transition medications had argued the 2023 Tennessee ban violated a US constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law by discriminating on the basis of sex.

The case, known as United States v Skrmetti, marked the first time the court has taken up the issue of transgender healthcare.

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