US Supreme Court asked to halt state’s youth gender-affirming care ban
The request by plaintiffs in the case known as L.W. v. Skrmetti represents the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on such a law.
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The request by plaintiffs in the case known as L.W. v. Skrmetti represents the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on such a law.
This weekend’s ruling, allowing SB1 to take effect, isn’t what made gender-affirming care inaccessible for many people. That care had become less accessible in Tennessee — even for trans adults — since the bill was introduced in the General Assembly in November, before the legislative session even began.
A federal appeals court has temporarily reversed a lower court’s ruling that had prohibited Tennessee from enacting a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
The injunction will be in place until the lawsuit runs its course. Supporters of the law say they’re prepared to appeal all the way to the Supreme Court.
The Tennessee Attorney General filed an emergency motion asking a federal judge in Nashville to reverse the preliminary injunction, and notified the court that it would appeal the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming care for minors was mostly blocked Thursday, June 28, the latest in a string of decisions against anti-trans laws in at least four states.
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