The United Stated Supreme Court issued a landmark 6-3 ruling on Wednesday that upheld Tennessee’s law banning attempts to transition minors’ genders.
The United States v Skrmetti case deals a major blow to transgender activists who have argued in favour of permitting underage children to take medicalized steps to identify with their perceived gender identities.
“This case carries with it the weight of fierce scientific and policy debates about the safety, efficacy, and propriety of medical treatments in an evolving field,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority. “The voices in these debates raise sincere concerns; the implications for all are profound.”
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He continued, “The Equal Protection Clause does not resolve these disagreements. Nor does it afford us license to decide them as we see best.”
Brandon Showalter, a commentator and journalist with The Christian Post who has extensively researched the transgender movement, called it a “landmark day.”
“This legal battle was about several things, namely whether or not a state — in this case Tennessee — could prohibit controversial medical treatments, to put it mildly, noting that critics of Tennessee’s law now incorrectly believed it violated the Equal Protection Clause,” he said.
Despite the ruling not going as far as some critics might like, Showalter said it’s a “huge win” because it allows around half of all US states with restrictions on puberty blockers, surgeries, and other interventions to keep their laws on the books.
“[It’s] a big win for sanity, a big win for America’s children,” he said. “It’s a major blow against the industry.”
Showalter said the US government is taking an active role in pushing back against the transgender movement, citing a recent report about the Federal Trade Commission’s plans to hold a hearing July 9 on the subject of minors and the transgender issue.
“The Federal Trade Commission [a federal agency] about consumer protection and policing unjust trade practices has decided to, in July, study and likely move against the transgender industry, particularly the marketing and practice of so-called gender-affirming care on minor children,” Showalter previously told CBN News. “And it’s very likely that they will then classify the administration of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and the performing of body disfiguring surgeries on minors as a kind of unfair or unjust trade.”
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