The Conservative Justices Know Nothing About the People Whose Lives They Are Trying to Ruin

[Nevilledog]

https://ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrmetti-oral-argument-recap/

The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Wednesday in United States v. Skrmetti, a case about Tennessee’s effort to deny healthcare to transgender children—and trans kids’ efforts to live free from discrimination. Last year, Tennessee Republican lawmakers enacted a law that prohibits medical providers from administering puberty blockers and hormone therapy to minors if the purpose of the treatment is to help the child live in a way “inconsistent with the minor’s sex.” Three Tennessean trans kids and their families sued, arguing that the law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

As the quoted text should make clear, Senate Bill 1 explicitly treats children differently on the basis of sex—discrimination that the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits. Under the law, for example, a teen assigned male at birth who wants testosterone to lower his voice can have it. A teen assigned female at birth cannot.

The effect of coerced gender conformity on transgender kids is particularly dire. One of the plaintiffs in Skrmetti, a 15-year-old trans boy identified as Ryan Roe, frequently vomited before school and stopped speaking in public because the sound of his voice caused so much discomfort. A 15-year-old trans girl identified as L.W. said she felt like she was drowning in her body, and regularly developed urinary tract infections because of the distress caused by sex-separated restrooms. A trans boy identified as John Doe became suicidal when he started menstruating around age 12.

Access to gender-affirming medical care dramatically improved all three children’s physical and psychological well-being. Senate Bill 1 is a direct threat to their health and safety. And in a very literal sense, the justices’ resolution of United States v. Skrmetti may determine whether some trans children live or die.

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[SWBTATTReg]

1. So much about our vaunted freedoms and then you see this scum enact these specific laws to target these

people. They are human beings like you and I. I hope SB 1 is resounding bought down/taken down by the Supreme Court, this is a good time for them to show just how much they care about the rights of others in this Country, even though they are not like 'us', they are are like 99% like us. More than 99% even, crap, a chimp or something like that is 99% like us, so these people are probably 99.9999% like us, if not more.

These scumbags passing these damn laws need to go drag their knuckles and go back to their cave.

[usonian]

2. Life is tough for them.

Lobster or cracked crab?

Or both?

[LoisB]

3. They don't know and don't care.