TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 29, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments from Tennessee families and physicians later this year in a case challenging the state’s ban on transgender medical care for minors. This week, a group of families and physicians filed a brief with the court urging it to block the law, WPLN reports. Failure to do so would set a legal precedent for discrimination against transgender people, they argue. The ACLU of Tennessee has a copy of the filing. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the law to take effect last year. State Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti says the case “will bring much-needed clarity to whether the constitution contains special protections for gender identity.”