US Supreme Court throws out series of pro-trans rulings

The U.S. Supreme Court abandoned appeals decisions in several states that upheld trans plaintiffs after ruling that laws prohibiting gender-affirming care for transgender youth could be upheld.

In a 6-3 decision taken over on June 18, the court voted to allow Tennessee to ban anyone under the age of 18 from transhealth care.

Our v. Skrmetti case was taken to court in 2024 after suing Tennessee in court in 2024 after a group of families with trans children and a doctor who provided transition care.

This decision is expected to serve as a precedent in future cases regarding gender-affirming care bans in other states.

On Monday (June 30), the court abandoned cases that include North Carolina, West Virginia, Idaho and Oklahoma, and ordered lower court judges to review them.

The judge told the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, to reconsider its ruling that West Virginia and North Carolina’s refusal to cover gender-affirming care under government-funded insurance plans is discriminatory.

San Francisco’s Ninth Circuit must also be linked to an Idaho lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on GEM’s ban on certain gender-maintenance surgeries for Medicaid recipients.

Elsewhere, Denver’s 10th Circuit Court of Appeals must consider a ruling that blocked a ban on changes to Oklahoma birth certificates.

Director John Roberts, who wrote for the majority in the Landmark Tennessee case, said the ban did not violate the 14th amendment promise of equal protection, as the law prevented access to adolescent blockers and hormones to treat sexual discomfort “regardless of the gender of minors.”

He went on to say: “Tennessee concluded that there is an ongoing debate among healthcare professionals regarding the risks and benefits associated with treating gender discomfort, gender identity disorder and gender discrepancies regarding the risks and benefits associated with administering adolescent blockers and hormones. [The] The prohibition of such treatment directly addresses that uncertainty. ”

Six conservative justice also ruled that the law specifically targeted trans young people did not discriminate against trans and non-binary people.

But Sonia Sotomayor, one of the righteousness on the other side, said: “This incident is about whether Tennessee can ban doctors from providing the medical care they need to transgender teenagers.

“These laws invade the heart of the physician-patient relationship. Transgender people deserve equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution requires less.”

Chase Strangio of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) LGBTQ+ & HIV Rights Project said the ruling should raise concerns for “everyone who cares about the constitution.”

Tennessee’s ban on gender maintenance care is just one of many anti-LGBTQ+ bills that have tried to enact laws in the past few years, including a sport ban, a crackdown on displaying pride flags, and a copy of Florida.

According to the ACLU, at least 598 Anti-LGBTQ+ Invoice Proposed in 2025, 138 is related to medical restrictions.

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