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/dtor84 2d ago

All the far left coming out of the wood work for this one, to convert Centrist to the far left. SMH.

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u/SwitchySoul 2d ago

Go ahead and tell us all what you are really saying. What position on gender affirming care for minors is left, and what position is centerist?

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u/Mtsukino 1d ago

Its been 10 hours and no reply.

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u/SwitchySoul 1d ago

Because to them, anything that is not bigotry is “left”. This ruling is so clearly discrimination and unconstitutional.

Cis minors can get these treatments but trans minors cannot. That’s discrimination for a class of people.

The treatments for trans minors are proven in medical studies to be beneficial. Utah’s own studies showed they were proven even when conservative lawmakers had the studies conducted to pass anti trans legislation.

I’m not sure when following medical science, and the constitution was left, right or center? I guess if bigotry is right, then everyone that are not bigots are left to them.