Supreme Court will hear challenge to gender-affirming care bans for trans youth

The Supreme Court will hear a major case that could determine whether states can block transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming healthcare. Nearly half of US states have restricted or banned young trans people from receiving affirming care treatments, triggering courtroom battles for trans rights across the country. The Supreme Court’s announcement that it will hear an appeal from Tennessee marks the first time that it will hear oral arguments in a case stemming from right-wing-driven threats to trans healthcare, and it could open the door for other constitutional arguments over...