TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 1, 2023

A group of Tennessee families and doctors have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that allowed the state to enforce a ban on gender transition medical treatments for minors. In September, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals allowed Tennessee to enforce the ban, saying the law does not discriminate on the basis of age or sex. Families first sued the state in April and within weeks, the U.S. Justice Department joined the suit. A federal district judge had temporarily blocked the state from enforcing the law. If the high court agrees to take up the case, it would be its first consideration of transgender medical treatment restrictions, according to the Tennessean. The ACLU of Tennessee has the filing and more on the case.