THE US SUPREME COURT on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law that bans certain controversial medical treatments for transgender children, saying it comports with the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee, Greg Stohr reports.
- The 6-3 vote, which broke along ideological lines, bolsters similar measures in two dozen states. The central question was whether the state’s ban on puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery for those under 18 violates the Constitution by making treatments illegal for gender transition, but not when used for other purposes. “Our role is not to judge the wisdom, fairness, or logic of the law before us,” Chief Justice ...