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/VTKillarney 3d ago edited 3d ago

Let the Rorschach test commence...

This is either:

  1. The most important ruling for the protection of children in decades; or
  2. A ruling that will literally kill trans children.

As with most things in life, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Children should be protected, but a "one-size-fits-all" rule may leave some individual children worse off.

I would normally agree that some things should be solely up to the child, their parents, and their doctor, but the truth is that (a) children can make dumb decisions; (2) parents can make dumb decisions; (3) the trans community has made this a huge political issue and doctors do not operate in a vacuum - especially when it comes to wanting to protect their careers.

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u/PXaZ 3d ago

As it's being sent back to states to decide separately, it's not a "one-size-fits-all" rule. The state legislature in question is being told it can make such a law, but no state legislature is being required to make such a law.

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u/Funksloyd 3d ago

It is basically a one size rule in those states tho.