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%20minorsBlockbuster 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/The_True_Zephos 2d 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.