Supreme Court agrees to review Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider whether a Tennessee law that ban gender-affirming health care for transgender minors violates the Constitution, setting the stage for a major decision on transgender rights in its next term.
The justices agreed to review lower court decisions upholding Tennessee's ban, which was appealed by the Justice Department and transgender youth who argue that the laws are outside the bounds of the 14th Amendment.
The case will be argued in the Supreme Court's next term, which begins in October, with a decision likely by the end of June 2025. The dispute thrusts the Supreme Court into the center of a politically fraught issue that has sparked a wave of legislative action by state Republican lawmakers.
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