Tennessee’s Anti-Trans Bill Faces Supreme Court Showdown
The Supreme Court is poised to hear a landmark case that could reshape trans rights in America. The case, United States v. Skrmetti, will determine the constitutionality of Tennessee’s SB1, which bans gender-affirming care for youth. The person arguing the case for the ACLU, coalitions including trans legal aid organizations, is Chase Strangio, marking a historic moment as the first openly trans lawyer to argue before the court.
Strangio argues that the Tennessee law is part of a broader campaign targeting trans people’s rights, fueled by anti-trans sentiment cleverly masquerading as concern for children. This rhetoric is being amplified, Strangio believes, by a deliberate blurring of the line between biological difference and discrimination, a tactic reminiscent of the Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
The Echoes of Dobbs
Strangio worries that arguments against trans rights echo the reasoning used to overturn Roe v. Wade. Dobbs, the attack on abortion access, provided model language for the subversion of existing protections. In Tennessee’s case, it becomes a blueprint for targeting transgender youth by proposing superior legislative authority over medical decisions concerning sex and gender.
“Think back a year ago, in the abortion cases, we were told these cases weren’t really about abortion. They were about physicians and their rights,” Strangio points out.
He likened the Tennessee case to Dobbs in its impact on medical autonomy. Like abortion-related laws, this statute ignores the value of parental and physician professional judgment, branding them suspect in their authority to determine medical necessity. Hunters patrolling for trans people to target and euthanized parental rights in young People’s access to extiential therapies
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These policy maneuvers are functioning on two levels, Strangio notes, trying to diminish the important roles of parents and medical professionals. Supreme court precedent has consistently upheld these vital partnerships in providing compassionate care for minors; simply discarding these relationships disrupts the delicate balance society
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