SCOTUS Issues Decision on Tennessee’s Ban on “Gender Affirming Healthcare” For Minors

Tennessee’s law banning gender-transition drugs for minors just cleared a major hurdle, with the Supreme Court declining to challenge it. That’s a win for biological reality and a setback for those pushing radical medical procedures on children.

Key Facts:

  • In 2023, Tennessee passed Senate Bill 1, banning hormone treatments and puberty blockers for minors seeking to change gender.
  • Three transgender minors, their families, and a Memphis doctor challenged the law as unconstitutional.
  • The Biden administration joined the lawsuit, arguing for stricter scrutiny of the law.
  • The Sixth Circuit upheld the law under rational basis review, reversing a lower court’s ruling.
  • The Supreme Court declined to intervene, effectively allowing the ban to stand.

The Rest of The Story:

Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1 makes it illegal for healthcare providers to prescribe or administer puberty blockers or hormones to minors for the purpose of gender transition.

After a lower court initially ruled against the law, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that decision, finding that Tennessee’s approach passed the rational basis test.

In response, the Biden administration pushed for a higher level of scrutiny, claiming the law violated constitutional rights.

But the Supreme Court has now declined to hear the case, which leaves the Sixth Circuit’s ruling intact.

This effectively allows Tennessee to enforce its ban.

The original lawsuit was brought by three minors, their families, and a Memphis doctor.

But the federal government’s stance changed during the Trump administration, which declared it would not have supported the challenge and stood behind the state’s right to regulate medical practices.

Commentary:

This decision is long overdue and absolutely the right call.

The idea of giving hormone blockers or cross-sex hormones to children is not just reckless—it’s abusive.

These are kids, not test subjects for the latest ideological trend in left-wing politics.

The claim that a minor can “identify” out of their biology is a delusion that adults in authority should be correcting, not enabling.

The Supreme Court didn’t just defend Tennessee’s right to legislate—it defended reality itself.

Let’s be clear: No child is born in the wrong body.

That’s a dangerous myth being pushed by activists and medical profiteers.

These so-called “gender-affirming” treatments are experimental at best and irreversible at worst.

Doctors who push these procedures on minors have no business practicing medicine.

A society that permits chemical castration of boys and hormonal sterilization of girls is a society that’s lost its moral compass.

This ruling sends a message that biology matters, and that states have every right to shield children from life-altering drugs and surgeries.

The Biden administration tried to override Tennessee’s law, but the courts—and now the Supreme Court—said no.

President Trump was right to draw the line.

His policies reflected a return to common sense and protection of America’s youth.

When he banned federal funds from being used for these procedures, he stood up for parental rights and basic decency.

In a sane society, we don’t let children get tattoos, drink alcohol, or vote—but some want them to choose permanent body alterations?

Tennessee is leading the way in pushing back against this madness.

Other states should follow.

The Bottom Line:

The Supreme Court has allowed Tennessee to enforce its ban on gender-transition treatments for minors, upholding a key protection for children.

This ruling is a step toward restoring medical responsibility and basic truth in law.

It also marks a major defeat for the Biden administration’s push to expand radical gender policies through the courts.

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