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Re: Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect immediately, after a federal court overturns a lower court's ruling
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Stop child butchers
Jul 9, 2023, 10:44:59 PM7/9/23
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Kurt Nicklas <nambla...@gop.org> wrote in
news:som4pa$c0f$3...@news.dns-netz.com:
> ed...@post.com wrote
>
>> Queers are the most useless pieces of shit on the planet. Round them
>> all up and drop them down old mine shafts.
In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Tennessee’s
ban on gender-affirming care for minors to take effect Saturday, nearly a
week after a federal district judge temporarily blocked the law. This
decision marks the first time a federal court has allowed a ban on gender-
affirming care to take effect after it was blocked by lower courts.
The Sixth Circuit sided with Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti,
who appealed to the court hours after the preliminary injunction was
granted.
The court cites Dobbs v. Jackson nine times in its decision, arguing that
the law likely does not discriminate on the basis of sex because “the
regulation of a medical procedure that only one sex can undergo does not
trigger heightened constitutional scrutiny.” The opinion also posits that
the plaintiffs have not demonstrated that gender-affirming care is “deeply
rooted in our history and traditions.”
In her dissenting opinion, Judge Helene White argues that the law likely
does discriminate based on sex, since it allows hormone therapy for
cisgender and intersex kids, but not for transgender kids. White also
points out that “until today, every federal court addressing similar laws
reached the same conclusion.”
“I feel hurt. I feel like they … don’t see me as human,” says plaintiff
L.W. As a 15-year-old transgender girl, she’s worried about access to
hormone therapy. “Without gender-affirming care, I wasn’t really able to
be myself because I physically wasn’t myself. And it’s very scary going
through that.”
Gender-affirming treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy have
been championed by doctors, including the American Academy of Pediatrics,
American Medical Association, American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and American Counseling Association, among others.
“That many members of the medical community support the plaintiffs is
surely relevant,” the Sixth Circuit opinion says. “But it is not
dispositive for the same reason we would not defer to a consensus among
economists about the proper incentives for interpreting the impairment-of-
contracts or takings clauses of the U.S. Constitution.”
In a statement, AG Skrmetti calls the decision “a big win,” but says the
case is far from over. The Sixth Circuit Court’s stay is temporary. The
court has until Sept. 30 to reach a final decision on whether the law will
stay in effect while the lawsuit continues.
https://wpln.org/post/tennessees-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-
takes-effect-immediately-after-a-federal-court-overturns-a-lower-courts-
ruling/
news:som4pa$c0f$3...@news.dns-netz.com:
> ed...@post.com wrote
>
>> Queers are the most useless pieces of shit on the planet. Round them
>> all up and drop them down old mine shafts.
In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Tennessee’s
ban on gender-affirming care for minors to take effect Saturday, nearly a
week after a federal district judge temporarily blocked the law. This
decision marks the first time a federal court has allowed a ban on gender-
affirming care to take effect after it was blocked by lower courts.
The Sixth Circuit sided with Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti,
who appealed to the court hours after the preliminary injunction was
granted.
The court cites Dobbs v. Jackson nine times in its decision, arguing that
the law likely does not discriminate on the basis of sex because “the
regulation of a medical procedure that only one sex can undergo does not
trigger heightened constitutional scrutiny.” The opinion also posits that
the plaintiffs have not demonstrated that gender-affirming care is “deeply
rooted in our history and traditions.”
In her dissenting opinion, Judge Helene White argues that the law likely
does discriminate based on sex, since it allows hormone therapy for
cisgender and intersex kids, but not for transgender kids. White also
points out that “until today, every federal court addressing similar laws
reached the same conclusion.”
“I feel hurt. I feel like they … don’t see me as human,” says plaintiff
L.W. As a 15-year-old transgender girl, she’s worried about access to
hormone therapy. “Without gender-affirming care, I wasn’t really able to
be myself because I physically wasn’t myself. And it’s very scary going
through that.”
Gender-affirming treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy have
been championed by doctors, including the American Academy of Pediatrics,
American Medical Association, American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and American Counseling Association, among others.
“That many members of the medical community support the plaintiffs is
surely relevant,” the Sixth Circuit opinion says. “But it is not
dispositive for the same reason we would not defer to a consensus among
economists about the proper incentives for interpreting the impairment-of-
contracts or takings clauses of the U.S. Constitution.”
In a statement, AG Skrmetti calls the decision “a big win,” but says the
case is far from over. The Sixth Circuit Court’s stay is temporary. The
court has until Sept. 30 to reach a final decision on whether the law will
stay in effect while the lawsuit continues.
https://wpln.org/post/tennessees-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-
takes-effect-immediately-after-a-federal-court-overturns-a-lower-courts-
ruling/
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