The real way to protect ‘trans kids’

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in United States v. Skrmetti, a case dealing with a Tennessee ban on transgender medical interventions for minors. The claim is that the ban qualifies as discrimination under the 14th Amendment and its equal protection clause. State Solicitor General J. Matthew Rice and ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, a biological woman and first transgender lawyer to appear before the Supreme Court, argued their respective sides before the justices. 

The decision will likely be handed down in June. Whatever the outcome, it will greatly affect the nation as 26 states have banned such treatments. It is one thing to allow unrestricted access to adults who seek to transition. Americans may disagree but do not bar them from making these and other adult-sized decisions. But when minors are involved, it is a different story entirely. 

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