Supreme Court to weigh state ban on transgender 'medical treatments' for minors
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The Supreme Court will consider restrictions on puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender transition surgery for minors for the first time Wednesday.
The petitioners in the case are the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which sued to overturn the Tennessee law on behalf of parents of three transgender adolescents, and a Memphis-based doctor who treats transgender patients. The petitioners were also joined by the Biden administration earlier this year under a federal law that allows the administration to intervene in certain cases certified by the attorney general to be of "general public importance." Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the 2024 election and other national news.
The petitioners argue the law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The state has responded by insisting the law does not discriminate based on gender, arguing it sets parameters on age- and use-based restrictions on certain drugs and is therefore not a violation of the Constitution.