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BumRushDaShow

(156,502 posts)
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 05:25 AM Jun 19

Democrats, major medical groups denounce Supreme Court's gender-affirming care ruling

Source: The Hill

06/18/25 6:05 PM ET


Democratic leaders and professional medical organizations on Wednesday denounced the Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld a 2023 Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a decision the high court delivered along ideological lines and one that stands to impact similar laws passed in roughly half the country.

The high court’s three Democratic-appointed justices dissented from the conservative majority. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, said Wednesday’s decision “abandons transgender children and their families to political whims.”

“Once again, politicians and judges are inserting themselves in exam rooms,” Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the nation’s first openly transgender member of Congress, said Wednesday on the social platform X. “This ruling undermines doctors in delivering care to some of the most vulnerable patients in our country.”

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), whose grandson is transgender, said the court’s decision may force families living in Tennessee and other states with restrictions on gender-affirming care for youth to leave their homes to “ensure their kids can access medically necessary care.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5358286-democrats-medical-groups-supreme-court-gender-affirming-care-ruling-tennessee/

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Democrats, major medical groups denounce Supreme Court's gender-affirming care ruling (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jun 19 OP
When the SCOTUS 6 play doctor, it never goes well. SunSeeker Jun 19 #1
What happened to parents rights? States rights? quaint Jun 19 #2
Only for the upper crust. OldBaldy1701E Jun 19 #3
Oh yes. I forgot, being distracted and all. quaint Jun 19 #4
Hear Hear! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jun 19 #6
If you're not... littlemissmartypants Jun 19 #5
When it doesn't aid in the outcome they want, it goes out the window. SunSeeker Jun 20 #7

SunSeeker

(56,151 posts)
1. When the SCOTUS 6 play doctor, it never goes well.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 06:18 AM
Jun 19

These 6 Republicans think they know better than medical doctors.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,344 posts)
3. Only for the upper crust.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 08:09 AM
Jun 19

The peons don't get fairness and consideration.

We get production quotas and timetables.

quaint

(3,958 posts)
4. Oh yes. I forgot, being distracted and all.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 08:12 AM
Jun 19

I was too busy trying to stretch my food budget.

littlemissmartypants

(28,434 posts)
5. If you're not...
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 08:26 AM
Jun 19

A white cis male (or posing as one) Christian Nationalist you have no rights under this regime.

SunSeeker

(56,151 posts)
7. When it doesn't aid in the outcome they want, it goes out the window.
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 11:03 AM
Jun 20

Same thing with states rights, and all the other bullshit bases for their opinions.

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