The Supreme Court was tapped on Wednesday by attorneys for Tennessee teenagers and their guardians to block the state's ban on transgender care for minors.

The petition comes just over a month after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit allowed such bans in Tennessee and Kentucky to remain in effect, furthering the inconsistent patchwork between courts that have allowed and disallowed such laws.

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According to court documents filed on Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union is asking the high court justices to review the September decision by the 6th Circuit, arguing, "Families are losing access to much-needed medical care."

“Over the past few months this vicious law has already had a disastrous impact in homes and communities across Tennessee,” said Lucas Cameron-Vaughn, staff attorney for the ACLU of Tennessee, in a statement.

Tennessee's Republican supermajority in the legislature passed the measure known as SB 1, which blocked doctors from conducting new transitions in July and ordered an end to treatments that provide for existing patients by March 2024. A lower court temporarily blocked the law in late June.

Soon after, the 6th Circuit panel became the first court to overturn a temporary block on such a ban, signaling skepticism that the law in question violated any constitutional right.

Other federal district court judges have issued similar temporary blocks on minor transition bans, including a June decision against an Arkansas ban.

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Tennessee’s attorney general, Jonathan Skrmetti, has defended the state's ban and called the 6th Circuit ruling in September "a big win for democracy."

Families of minors who are seeking to challenge Kentucky's similar measure are expected to file a similar petition at the Supreme Court, according to the ACLU of Kentucky.