Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids, a setback for transgender rights

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights.

The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump’s Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. Another 26 states have laws similar to Tennessee’s.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a conservative majority that the law banning puberty blockers and hormone treatments for trans minors...