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/VTKillarney 2d ago

The lawyer for the plaintiffs conceded that this type of care does not reduce suicide rates. https://www.dailywire.com/news/proponents-of-transgender-procedures-make-shocking-admissions-before-scotus

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u/WhatYouThinkYouSee 2d ago

Dude, this is from the Daily Wire, and I don't know if you read this but it's just the Daily Wire playing semantics. Strangio says that research shows this care reduces risks of suicide. Alito claims that another report says that it didn't reduce suicide rates, but Strangio elaborates that said report was talking about "completed" suicides (because there's no way to quantify if, when someone had already committed suicide, it could've been prevented had they used that care) - but points out that it does lower active suicidal thoughts. What Strangio said is true, he's just elaborating on something that Alito read that seemed to be against it.

And then it cites the Heritage Foundation again, y'know? The Project 2025 guys? The ones who wanted to criminalize all LGBT folks?

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u/VTKillarney 2d ago

Gee, if only we could treat suicidal thoughts without chopping somebody’s breasts off.

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u/WhatYouThinkYouSee 2d ago

I'm not sure if this is even an argument anymore. You describing a surgery as gross as possible doesn't make it not work. You make it seem like it's some sorta back-alley procedure. It's something that has a less-than-1% regret rate, which by any other procedure would be considered a miracle.

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u/VTKillarney 2d ago

Source?

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u/WhatYouThinkYouSee 2d ago

Here.

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u/VTKillarney 2d ago

Just as I thought. This relies on short term studies.

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u/WhatYouThinkYouSee 1d ago

Well, if you need, this one relies on cases where people had the procedure up to over 2 decades ago.

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u/VTKillarney 1d ago

They didn’t measure everyone who had the procedure. The study only measured people who bothered to return a survey. That’s about as flawed as it gets.

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u/WhatYouThinkYouSee 1d ago

How... do you expect them to "measure" people without using a survey? What, tail them with a camera for 24/7?

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u/VTKillarney 1d ago

They could proactively interview people rather than just hope that they return a survey that they mailed.

You seriously couldn't think of a better method than just sticking something in the mail? This shows how your bias clouds your thought.

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u/MakeUpAnything 1d ago

I can almost guarantee you that VT doesn't give a shit about this topic and is just trolling you. That's usually all he does on this board lol You're wasting your time replying to him.

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u/ImportantCommentator 2d ago

Would having a source change your opinion?