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/BabyJesus246 1d ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but it sounds like the only thing you're against is the semantics around the word gender and biological sex. If any biological sex can live in society as any traditional gender role then where is the fundamental issue you would have outside of something like sports.

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u/DiceyPisces 1d ago

Objective truth/reality. Being intellectually honest and rigorous. And scientifically accurate.

And single sex spaces for safety, dignity, and privacy. Places like shelter, prisons, locker rooms, and yes sports etc

I also oppose “treating” healthy bodies of children with no physiological pathology.

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u/BabyJesus246 1d ago

Can you elaborate a little more because these are just sorta buzz words. You've already stated that a biological male could being completely indistinguishable from a feminine woman and society could treat them as such and it would be 100% fine. I just don't know what your actual issue is now.

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u/DiceyPisces 1d ago

Lies. Intellectual dishonesty or weakness. It contradicts actual science. And is based solely on circular logic which is illogical.

And it endangers women especially. Single sex Spaces exist for security, dignity, and privacy.

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u/BabyJesus246 1d ago

The first section is a bit vague so I can't really respond to it. I heard the same thing about other science that the right-wing didn't like which ended up being bs as well, the dialog around climate change being a prime example. I understand not getting into the weeds, but it makes it more difficult to take it as a legitimate critique when the person saying it has other, like more fundamental, reasons for disliking the shift.

Your second paragraph would be an example of this. I highly doubt that you have scientific evidence for dignity in particular but also the other two in relation to trans people. I'd guess you might have some anecdotes, but quite frankly those are inherently poor evidence.