Supreme Court to Tackle Transgender Treatments For Minors Next Term

Summary of arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti. The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in a challenge to Tennessee’s 2023 Senate Bill 1, which protects children from irreversible gender-related medical interventions. The law requires minors to cease so-called gender-affirming treatment within nine months of its enactment. It allows the state attorney general to investigate doctors and […]

Texas Abortion Law Cases at the Supreme Court—What was it All About?

On Monday (November 1, 2021), the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments in two cases (Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, and United States v. Texas) challenging the Texas Heartbeat Act (S.B. 8). The law prohibits most abortions after a heartbeat can be detected through an ultrasound. Other laws around the country […]