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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kimberlee Kruesi

ACLU and families of trans teens ask Supreme Court to block Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Attorneys representing Tennessee transgender teens and their families asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a ban on gender-affirming care for minors that a lower court allowed to go into effect.

Should the nation's highest court agree to take the case, it would mark the first time the justices could weigh in on restrictions on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people under 18.

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