US Supreme Court to hear major Tennessee transgender case
Plaintiffs claim the state law prohibits transgender people from accessing care available to other adolescents.
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It marks the first time the current nine Supreme Court justices will have an opportunity to weigh in on the issue.
According to the Human Rights Campaign, 25 US states have similar laws, some of which have been put on hold by lawsuits.
Three Tennessee transgender teenagers, their parents, and a doctor who provides transgender medications argue the 2023 Tennessee ban violates a US constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law by discriminating on the basis of sex.
The Biden administration, along with a number of major US medical groups, have joined their side in this case.
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