US Supreme Court to hear case on constitutionality of Tennessees gender-affirming care ban [Video]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The US Supreme Court announced it will weigh in on the constitutionality of Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Passed in 2023, HB1/SB1 makes it illegal to provide medical care like puberty blockers, hormone therapies and surgeries to transgender youth. Later that year, federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee blocked bans on gender-affirming care.

The 6th Circuit overturned the ruling, which put the ban in place for now.

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A similar law in Arkansas was struck down by the courts.

In April 2023, organizations including the ACLU, filed a lawsuit opposing the law on behalf of a Nashville couple and their 15-year-old daughter and others.

“We fully anticipated it would be challenged from a legal and constitutional standpoint,” said bill sponsor and State Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin).

The ACLU is not challenging the surgery ban portion of the law, but they argue the …