Can States Protect Children From Mutilation? SCOTUS Decides

On December 4, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hear oral arguments concerning Tennessee’s law which bans the so-called “gender transitioning” on children. The bill effectively prohibits those in the healthcare sector from performing the so-called “gender transition” surgeries and hormonal procedures on children. Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee signed the legislation into law early in 2023 and it has since faced intense scrutiny, most especially due to how the legislation was conceived. After an investigation into Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s gender transition procedures on children was conducted by The [...]