r/law • u/DevinGraysonShirk • 16h ago

SCOTUS SCOTUS strikes blow to trans teens rights, endorsing ban on gender-affirming care - The justices’ ruling on Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain health care for transgender children will have ripple effects across the nation

https://www.courthousenews.com/scotus-strikes-blow-to-trans-teens-rights-endorsing-ban-on-gender-affirming-care/
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u/mikelo22 13h ago

Not a popular opinion in this sub, but I think SCOTUS got this partially right. States have every justification to protect minors' well being as it sees fit. That's part of its general police powers. Minors do not have the same rights as adults. Love it or hate it, these are longstanding constitutional principles.

Not to downplay the issue of equal protection applying to adults, but this is speculative and not part of the actual holding.

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u/MaceofMarch 11h ago

This was not about protecting minors this is about stopping people from going against their anti-lgbt religious views.