US Supreme Court will review constitutionality of state bans on paediatric transgender care

The United States’ highest court has agreed to the Biden administration’s request that it review the constitutionality of Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming medical care for people aged under 18. The court’s decision, which will follow hearings set for October, is likely to determine the future of similar laws in 23 other states, most of which are currently facing challenges in lower courts.Tennessee’s law, which bans treatments such as puberty blockers in minors, is one of a raft of laws passed by conservative state legislatures in recent years targeting gay and transgender Americans,1 including laws regulating access to bathrooms and bans on flying pride flags from public buildings.As the state laws are based on templates drawn up by national conservative legal organisations they tend to share similar text, and a successful Supreme Court challenge to Tennessee’s law would effectively invalidate all state bans on paediatric gender treatments. Tennessee’s Republican attorney…
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