In a major victory for common sense and the rights of parents, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s law banning so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors—including transgender surgeries and chemical treatments like puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The 6-3 decision is a massive win for conservatives and families who have been demanding the end of this ideological experimentation on children.
Tennessee’s law, passed in 2023, blocks hormone therapy and puberty blockers for kids under 18, while allowing exceptions for non-gender dysphoria-related conditions. It was immediately challenged by the Biden administration, which—predictably—sided with activist doctors and far-left pressure groups. But once President Trump returned to the White House, his Justice Department reversed that position, defending Tennessee’s right to protect children from irreversible medical interventions.
🚨 #BREAKING: The Supreme Court has UPHELD Tennessee’s ban on transgender surgeries and hormone therapies for minors, 6-3
This is a HUGE win for children!
ALL STATES just received the green light to get on board! pic.twitter.com/6Yk9YxZptZ
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 18, 2025
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, didn’t mince words. “The Equal Protection Clause does not resolve these disagreements,” he wrote, signaling that such sweeping policy questions should be handled by elected lawmakers—not by unelected judges following activist trends. In other words, this isn’t a constitutional right, and it never was.
Of course, Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, accusing the court of “abandoning transgender children to political whims.” No mention of the actual children being put on powerful drugs and undergoing surgeries they can’t reverse—just more emotional appeals without any real legal argument.
This ruling now clears the way for every other state to follow Tennessee’s lead. Already, 26 states have passed similar laws, with more expected to follow. And while the media cries foul, the reality is that the majority of Americans are not on board with giving 13-year-olds hormone treatments or letting schools push life-altering medical decisions behind parents’ backs.
Let’s not forget: countries like the U.K., Sweden, and Norway—hardly bastions of right-wing extremism—have already walked back these kinds of treatments for minors. Even the U.K.’s top court recently ruled that biological males can be excluded from women’s spaces. Meanwhile, American progressives are still treating this as a civil rights issue rather than a medical and parental rights issue.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti called the ruling a “Landmark VICTORY for Tennessee at SCOTUS in defense of America’s children.” He’s exactly right. This ruling marks a turning point in the fight to protect kids from radical gender ideology disguised as medicine.
Now it’s time for more states—and more parents—to step up. The tide is turning.
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