Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

Tennessee's SB1 law bans gender-affirming medical treatment, including surgery and hormone therapy, for minors, effectively creating a legal barrier for transgender youth seeking necessary care. The law's implementation has sparked a Supreme Court case that could set a precedent affecting similar bans across 24 states. Advocates argue that the law constitutes sex discrimination, as it permits treatment for those assigned male at birth while denying equivalent care for those assigned female at birth. The Biden administration, alongside families of transgender minors, is challenging this law on grounds of unequal treatment under the law, demanding that courts apply rigorous scrutiny to such discriminatory legislation.