The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled 8-2 on Tuesday to uphold a 2021 Arkansas law banning gender-affirming care for minors, ruling that parents “do not have unlimited authority to make medical decisions for their children.”
The appeals court ruled that the Arkansas law called the "Save Adolescents From Experimentation" Act does not discriminate against transgender people or violate the rights of medical professionals. The SAFE Act not only prohibits highly problematic "gender affirmation" treatment by Arkansas doctors, it also bans referrals to other doctors for such medical abuse. A Clinton-appointed judge had blocked the law.
A key factor in the decision was the U.S. vs. Skermetti decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in June. In that case, one of the last mismanaged by Biden's Solicitor General, SCOTUS found that restricting highly questionable surgery and drug use in kids was not unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court Hands Tennessee and America a Major Win in Transgender Transition Case – RedState
This case follows a similar case from Oklahoma by just a few days. Like Arkansas and the Tennessee case decided by SCOTUS, Oklahoma has joined the majority of states, 27 in all, which ban the use of surgery and hormones as "gender-affirming care" for minors. In that case, decided by the Tenth Circuit, found "no evidence exists" that the Oklahoma Legislature enacted SB 613 to discriminate against transgender minors. It also found "there is no deeply rooted tradition in parents' rights to access gender transition procedures for their children."
The last three months may, in retrospect, be seen as the turning point of the transgender craze. A solid majority of states forbid using drugs and surgery to create transgender kids. That number will probably add three or four more states to its number. Without any hope of a legal victory, and if we get another couple of administrations like the current one, which are not afraid to use the clout of the Justice Department to enforce the protection of women's sports and intimate spaces, this entire crazed social contagion could very well slink back into the shadows.
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