How SCOTUS case is likely to impact Kentucky’s ban on transgender health care Louisville Public Media
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TheU.S.SupremeCourtacceptedacaseMondaythatpotentiallycouldrestoretransgenderkids’accesstogender-affirminghormonetherapyinKentucky.
Abroadrangeofmajormedicalassociationssaytransyouthshouldn’tbebarredfromgender-affirmingcare,includingmedicationthatdelayspubertyaswellasestrogenortestosteronetreatments.However,Kentuckyand24otherstatespassedlawsthatrestrictsuchtreatmentsforminorsinrecentyears,amidasurgeinanti-transstatementsbyRepublicanpoliticians.
TheSupremeCourtagreedtotakeupacasethatfocusesononesuchlawpassedinTennessee.ThatiswelcomenewstotheACLUofKentucky,whichrepresentsplaintiffsinaseparatelawsuitchallengingthelegalityoftheBluegrassState’sownbanongender-affirmingcare.
“Wearevery,veryhappythattheSupremeCourtwillbereviewingadecisionandconsideringadecisionthatwebelievewasincorrectlydecided,”saidCoreyShapiro,theACLU’slegaldirector.
ThedecisioninquestionisaSeptember2023rulingbyt
