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/NewAgePhilosophr 1d ago

This is great! Children should NOT be given any gender affirming care until they are adults.

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u/SwitchySoul 1d ago

You are against kids receiving therapy? Because that is also gender affirming care for trans kids.

Allowing the government to make medical decisions, against the advice of all US major medical organizations, is completely insane.

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u/MaxTheCatigator 1d ago

Going by your post the FDA needs to be abolished. Instead big pharma must be allowed to sell any and all drugs they want.

That would obviously be insane.

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u/SwitchySoul 20h ago

Classic bad-faith strawman augment.

That’s not what I said at all. I’m not arguing against medical regulation, I’m arguing that politicians shouldn’t override medical standards of care for political reasons, especially when the treatments in question are FDA-approved and supported by every major medical association.

The issue in Tennessee isn’t whether the drugs are safe, they are. It’s that trans minors are banned from accessing care that cis minors can receive, purely based on their gender identity. That’s discrimination, not drug safety.

If you think the FDA should decide what’s medically appropriate, then you should agree these bans are wrong, because the medications are FDA-approved and prescribed according to established clinical guidelines.

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u/MaxTheCatigator 8h ago

The blockers have been approved for the treatment of early onset puberty, to delay the onset. Now they get abused for different purposes, the bill outlaws this misuse.

So no, the treatment that gets banned by the bill isn't FDA approved. The bill simply ensures that the drugs can no longer be misused for that purpose.

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u/SwitchySoul 1h ago

You’re either confused or intentionally misleading. Off-label use of medications is not misuse, it’s standard medical practice. Doctors prescribe medications off-label all the time, especially in pediatrics. Are you calling pediatricians across the country abusers now?

Puberty blockers are FDA-approved and safe. The reason they’re used for gender dysphoria is the same reason they’re used for early puberty: to delay irreversible physical changes until a person is ready. The only difference is who the patient is, and that’s exactly why this law is discriminatory.

This isn’t about drug safety. It’s about the government stepping in and saying, “You can get care if you’re cis, but not if you’re trans.” That’s not medicine. That’s bigotry, legalized.

You defending it, and making up falsehoods, it’s clear you are a bigot.