The Supreme Court said Monday it will settle a legal battle over state bans of gender-affirming care in its next session, accepting for review what experts say could be one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights — should the justices take the opportunity to make it so.
The case pertains to a Tennessee law restricting transgender minors' access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati grouped the legal challenge with a similar case from Kentucky and allowed both laws to go into effect after they were blocked by lower courts. The high court opted not to act on a separate appeal from Kentucky.
