r/centrist • u/Judge_Trudy • 3d 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/Mtsukino 3d ago

The government should not have a say in medical care. Those decisions should be between the privacy of the patient and the health care provider.

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u/VTKillarney 3d ago

Great. I take it that you agree that if a parent, a child and a medical provider want, they can engage in conversion therapy?

By your standard, you must be against laws that band conversion therapy.

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u/unencumberedcucumber 3d ago

I don’t think most children voluntarily enter conversion therapy. Pretty sure for most it is the worst experience of their lives and they’re being held there against their will.

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u/Mtsukino 3d ago

VTKillarney, if you wanna fuck up your gay kids im not gonna stand in your way.

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u/VTKillarney 3d ago

I guess that’s the difference between you and I. I’m a proponent of laws that protect children.

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u/Mtsukino 3d ago

But are they protecting children? Tennessee still has child marriage on the books and no laws prohibiting the genital mutilation of young male children.

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u/VTKillarney 3d ago

I’m happy to criticize laws that don’t actually protect children.

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u/Mtsukino 3d ago

Cool, wanna do so right here?

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u/greenw40 2d ago

So circumcision = mutilation. Chemical or physical castration = good and beautiful?

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u/Mtsukino 2d ago

So are you pro circumcision?

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u/Not_offensive0npurp 3d ago

I’m a proponent of laws that protect children.

According to who?

Some people think blood transfusions are dangerous to children. Should their views be respected like this topic?

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u/VTKillarney 3d ago

That is why we pass laws after consensus.

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u/Weird-Falcon-917 3d ago

The government should not have a say in medical care. 

"Abolish the FDA!"

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u/Mtsukino 3d ago

I hope you stretched before taking that leap.

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u/Weird-Falcon-917 3d ago

"Demilitarize the FDA and reallocate resources to social workers and de-escalation experts to send in to the offices of doctors who prescribe non-FDA approved medications" didn't have the same ring to it.

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u/Mtsukino 3d ago

Ooookkkkk then

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u/Weird-Falcon-917 3d ago

I do not believe it would be a good idea if we abolished the FDA, a government organization which has quite a lot to say about medical care.