The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the Supreme Court to block Tennessee’s law banning sex change procedures for minors.
The ACLU wrote in its petition that the Supreme Court’s review is “urgently needed,” citing 21 states that have passed laws banning child sex change procedures in the past three years. The group, which sued Tennessee in April on behalf of the families of transgender identifying youth, wants the Supreme Court to review a September appeals court ruling that allowed the state’s law to take effect.
“Neither the wave of state bans on gender affirming medication nor the lawsuits challenging them are likely to abate in the near future,” the petition states. “Given the division among the courts of appeals on the appropriate level of scrutiny in these and related cases, any delay in this Court’s review only risks subjecting transgender…
