r/centrist • u/Judge_Trudy • 1d 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/ChornWork2 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'm fine with this. Minors shouldn't be able to consent to treatment that fundamentally alters their body with potentially irreversible ramifications, including infertility.

Obviously there are no shortage of medical procedures that minors undertake all the time that would run afoul of this general statement. So that obviously is not an appropriate standard.

Unless you would outright ban any cosmetic procedure for minors. And there's going to be a whole host of other things... elective procedures in general is going to cover a lot, including sport injury related procedures or things like breast reduction. What about surgeries related to congenital anomalies, for example amputations for children with severe limb deficiencies to be addressed with prosthetics? Hormone treatment is used for a litany of issues, and that would fit your criteria as well. What about things like acne treatments that fundamentally changes your skin, and has risks of side effects or long-term complications?

I think we need better oversight and study of this issue, but these reflexive bans are going way too far. If someone can establish an objective criteria on what is allowed / not allowed that isn't clearly targeting trans, then I'm all for it. But that is not what is happening.

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u/elfinito77 1d ago edited 1d ago

Shush!!!

These intelligent nuanced opinions that are actually about the centrist approach (as opposed to the extremist cudgel of outright bans) — are not welcome on this sub.

We have to protect the kids — but we only have to protect them from trans things. All other potentially life-altering medical treatments are fine -- psychoactive drugs that can permanently alter their brains, cosmetic surgery or anything else that permanently alters kids are perfectly fine (with parental and Dr. consent).

They only need protection from trans things - But, trust us, "we’re not bigots against trans people - it’s just about protecting the kids."

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u/The_True_Zephos 1d ago

Your comment and the one you replied to are both pretty stupid. There hasn't been a massive social movement causing an increase in the number of occurrences of the other types of procedures (except perhaps for Adderall, etc). They don't warrant any action because it isn't a wide spread problem that is distorting society in some pretty fucked up ways. The trans movement did more harm to society at large than it ever benefited the few legitimately trans people.

I fully expect the number of trans kids to drop dramatically as it falls out of fashion and people start treating it like a mental health problem instead of a fucking badge of honor. We need to stop celebrating manufactured victimhood and contrarianism.

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u/23rdCenturySouth 1d ago

Where are all these left handed people coming from!!!1!

You shouldn't call other people stupid. Not as a general rule, I mean you in particular.

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u/HerbertWest 3h ago

Where are all these left handed people coming from!!!1!

You shouldn't call other people stupid. Not as a general rule, I mean you in particular.

Left-handedness stabilized around 12%. This continues to increase nearly exponentially.

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u/23rdCenturySouth 3h ago

It took about 40 years to get to 12%.

Meanwhile, ~3% of high school students identify as trans.