![]() And that includes the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the Endocrine Society, the Pediatric Endocrine Society, the American Psychiatric Association. But the consequence of that is that hundreds of trans adolescents in Tennessee are now without the medical care that they need.ĪMY GOODMAN: And talk about the medical organizations that are opposed to this.ĬHASE STRANGIO: Yeah, every major medical association in the United States has opposed this type of legislation. This was an abbreviated process wherein the court interjected itself and, again, in many cases, had no citations and admitted that it may have got it wrong. This was not a comprehensive, briefed appeal. And, in fact, the appeals court admits they may have got it wrong because it was rushed, which means, of course, they shouldn’t have done this in the first instance. There were hundreds and hundreds of pages of expert declarations, plaintiff declarations filed in this case. And, of course, this then allows the law to go into effect.īut the court isn’t close to the record. This is sort of akin to what we see in the shadow docket at the Supreme Court, where you’re just getting these rushed opinions in the course of perhaps 24 hours or less, in some instances, putting this decision from the district court on pause while the case is proceeding. The attorney general of Tennessee then filed for an emergency stay at the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. And in this situation, you had a court, the district court, block the piece of legislation. What makes this so different?ĬHASE STRANGIO: Yeah, so, what’s happening across the country is we have these bills that are being pushed and passed by Republican-led legislatures - of course, gerrymandered and voter-suppressed legislatures. People might be saying there are anti-trans bills being passed across the country. And we are going to, of course, continue to fight this decision on appeal.ĪMY GOODMAN: Explain exactly what happened Friday night, how you learned of this and why this is so unusual. Thankfully, when judges actually look at the evidence, they have been blocking these laws. And this is, of course, something that’s happening across the country. There are large portions of this decision that have no citations because there’s no citations to be had.Īnd, of course, what this means practically is that this law, that goes against everything we know about gender-affirming care, that goes against the well-studied views of every major medical association, is now in effect. ![]() ![]() The court had to distort legal precedent, the underlying factual record and, really, common sense in order to rule against the transgender adolescents, their parents and their doctors. And it is, in some senses, feeling deliberately obtuse. And in Nashville, Tennessee, we’re going to Holly McCall, editor-in-chief of the nonprofit news outlet Tennessee Lookout. Similar legislation enacted by Republican-controlled legislatures in at least 20 states since 2021 has been blocked by federal courts in Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Indiana and Kentucky.įor more, we go to New York to be joined by Chase Strangio, deputy director for trans justice with the ACLU LGBTQ & HIV Project. ![]() The decision came in response to an emergency appeal from Republican Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, who called the ruling “a big win.” It ignores the guidance of major medical organizations. The ruling marks the first time a federal court has allowed a ban on gender-affirming care to be enforced in the U.S. The anti-trans measure was previously blocked by a lower court following an ACLU lawsuit on behalf of three families and a doctor. We turn now to Tennessee, where a panel of federal appeals court judges ruled 2 to 1 late Friday to allow a new state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth to take effect immediately. ![]()
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