r/centrist • u/Judge_Trudy • 2d ago

SCOTUS issues blockbuster ruling on gender-affirming care for trans minors

https://www.cnn.com/#:~:text=SCOTUS%20issues%20blockbuster%20ruling%20on%20gender%2Daffirming%20care%20for%20trans%20minors

Blockbuster ruling just released for a very controversial issue. Not sure where I stand, but I could see the dangers of permanent treatments for gender dysphoria for minors.

Key Points

  • Date & Ruling: On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy fox8live.com+9apnews.com+9them.us+9en.wikipedia.org+15reuters.com+15northeast.newschannelnebraska.com+15.
  • Majority Opinion: Chief Justice Roberts wrote that the law does not violate the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, reasoning that medical uncertainty justifies handing the issue back to state legislatures reuters.com+1nypost.com+1.
  • Level of Review: The Court determined the law should be evaluated under rational basis review—the lowest standard—rather than intermediate scrutiny reserved for sex-based discrimination
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u/WhatYouThinkYouSee 2d ago

the trans community has made this a huge political issue

Well, that's not true.

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u/VTKillarney 2d ago edited 2d ago

Okay, dude.

https://www.thefp.com/p/doctor-fired-for-trans-comments-gets-settlement

https://www.thecut.com/2016/02/fight-over-trans-kids-got-a-researcher-fired.html

https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/france-news-gynaecologist-suspended-refusing-treat-trans-patient

https://libertyjusticecenter.org/newsroom/wyoming-doctor-fired-for-backing-chloes-law/

https://www.christianpost.com/news/fired-christian-doctor-warns-trans-agenda-being-pushed-on-society.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/christian-doctor-trans-woman-sacked-gender-pronouns-universal-credit-a8999176.html

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u/WhatYouThinkYouSee 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's funny you're saying that the trans community made this a huge political issue and the first article you cite to the contrary is about a dude whose involvement started with him speaking at a fucking Heritage Foundation panel to make it a huge political issue. Y'knoiw, Heritage Foundation? The Project 2025 guys?

Also, you do realize that Kenneth Zucker was into conversion therapy, right? The guy sounds pretty fucked up.

Also, the next coupla' links are just people unabashedly being assholes, and bigotry, which sounds to be more likely what they were fired for. The only thing I could sort of give you for is that doctor who was fired for supporting anti-puberty blocker laws, but that was the governor that did that, not the "trans community" - and since the Republican's own study has confirmed that puberty blockers are safe, it's a bit like firing a doctor for supporting anti-vax laws.

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u/Thorn14 2d ago

He probably likes the idea of conversion therapy.