Today, a divided Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) cleared the way for states to ban certain gender transition treatments for minors, a landmark decision on a polarizing issue the Trump administration and the MAGA movement have seized on in initiatives targeting transgender rights.
In one of the most high-profile cases of the term, the court’s conservative majority upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits minors from using hormones and puberty blockers for gender transition.
The court’s decision, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr., affects the law in Tennessee and has implications for more than 20 other states that have banned similar treatments as a growing — but still small — number of young people seek to delay puberty as part of a gender transition. But the basis for the court's ruling, legal experts said, appears to leave open opportunities for advocates to challenge other bans involving bathroom use, sports participation and military service.
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