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Supreme Court upholds Tennessee youth transgender care ban
A divided Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Tennessee law that restricts access to gender-affirming care for minors, in a ruling that shifts the contentious policy debates about transgender rights to the hands of lawmakers.
The 6-3 decision, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., found that states can regulate or even ban gender-affirming treatment as part of their powers over medical care without running afoul of the Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment to the...