- Janice Hopkins Tanne
- New York
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on 4 December on a 2023 Tennessee law that bans healthcare providers from providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy, or surgery to minors if the treatment aims to help the child identify with or live as a person inconsistent with their sex at birth.1
The issue in the case is whether banning transgender care violates the 14th amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees equal protection of law to all citizens. Opponents say the Tennessee law discriminates against sex by denying treatments to some on grounds of sex. It is a major case that will affect transgender young people, their families, their medical providers, and other laws throughout the …
