The court, which is dominated by orthodox judges, cast 6-3 votes in favor of hormone therapy, puberty inhibitor and Republican-backed ban on gender transition surgery for patients under 18 years of age, ruled that it does not violate the 14th amendment of the US Constitution.
Conservative Chief John Roberts wrote, “Tennessy concluded that there is a debate between medical experts about the risks and benefits associated with administering puberty blockers and hormones to treat gender dysforia, gender identity disorder and gender incompatibility.”
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The Supreme Court verdict comes after several plaintiffs, including three transgender minors, their parents and a memphy-based doctors who provide search care, took legal action against the Tenasi law, which they argued to discriminate on the basis of sex and transgender, thus violating the 14th amendment.
But liberal Justice Sonia Sotomore said that the policy options of the State Legislature were obtained in maintaining the ban without “meaningful judicial review”.
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Chase Strangio, representing the plaintiff, for the lawyer of the American Civil Liberty Union, stated that the Tennessi law has “removing the only treatment that relieves suffering for years”.
To argue before the court, the first transgender lawyer, Strongo said: “What he has done is banning a blunderbus, who is eliminating a lot of car wings of parents who love and care for their children and doctors who recommends stress.”
This decision represents a setback for transgender rights, an issue in the heart of culture debate that has become a major feature of American political life.
While former Democratic President Joe Biden was challenged by the Department of Justice, his Republican successor Donald Trump has taken a rigorous standst transgender rights.
Read on January 1 signed by Trump, “Today across the country, medical professional impressions are increasing and expanding the increasing number of children, who said in their inaugural speech that his government’s wood recognizes only two sexes: men and women.
Agreement for Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, a think tank that researches sexual orientation and gender identity for public policy decisions, is about 300,000 people in the United States between 13 and 17 who identify as transgender.
