Does the fact that cross-sex hormones affect children differently based on their sex make it unconstitutional for states to protect minors from transgender medical procedures?
This is the key issue of the case heard Wednesday by the Supreme Court, says Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, a Republican and the defendant in United States v. Skrmetti.
Opponents want the high court to strike down a Tennessee law banning transgender medical treatments for minors.
“The fundamental question of the Supreme Court case is: Does the mere fact that hormones affect kids differently mean that any regulation of hormones for kids is going to be a constitutional issue?” Skrmetti told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Wednesday night.
“We regulate medicine all the time,” Skrmetti said. “The states have been regulating the practice of medicine for hundreds of…
