{"id":1974732,"date":"2023-07-16T19:34:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T23:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-may-soon-face-emergency-appeal-on-trans-surgery-for-kids\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T19:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T23:39:46","slug":"scotus-may-soon-face-emergency-appeal-on-trans-surgery-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-may-soon-face-emergency-appeal-on-trans-surgery-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS may soon receive urgent appeal on transgender surgery for minors."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscotus-may-soon-face-emergency-appeal-on-trans-surgery-for-kids%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Supreme Court \u2062Could\u200b Soon Face \u2064Emergency\u200b Appeal\u2064 on Trans\u2063 Surgery for \u2063Kids<\/h2>\n<p>A \u200dfederal\u2064 appeals\u2063 court&#8217;s\u200c recent decision\u2063 to\u2062 allow\u2062 Tennessee&#8217;s \u200bchild\u200d sex\u200b change\u2064 ban \u2062to\u2062 take \u2062effect has\u2063 raised\u2062 the \u200bpossibility \u200bthat\u2063 the\u200b Supreme Court will be \u200basked to \u200dweigh \u2062in on\u2062 the issue. \u2062The Sixth Circuit \u200dpaused a\u200b lower\u200b court&#8217;s injunction\u2062 on Tennessee&#8217;s \u2064ban, \u2063which\u200c includes\u2063 prohibiting children \u200cfrom undergoing\u200c sex \u2062change \u2064surgeries,\u2063 puberty\u2064 blockers, \u200bcross-sex \u200chormones, and\u2064 any\u200b related drugs or devices.<\/p>\n<p>With similar \u2062bans\u200c being\u2063 challenged\u2062 across the country and multiple\u200c cases\u2064 being \u2063appealed in \u200ccircuit courts, legal experts \u200cbelieve it \u200cis only\u200d a\u200c matter \u200bof time \u200cbefore\u200d the\u2063 Supreme \u200dCourt addresses \u200cthe \u2063issue. Sarah Parshall Perry, a senior\u200b legal fellow \u2062at Heritage&#8217;s Edwin Meese\u2062 III Center\u2064 for\u200c Legal and \u2062Judicial\u200c Studies, \u200bexplained \u200cthat these \u200ccases\u200b involve \u200bjudges determining \u200bwhether a state&#8217;s\u200c interest in protecting children outweighs \u2063a parent&#8217;s \u2063interest in\u2062 pursuing experimental\u200b medical \u200btreatment.<\/p>\n<p>If \u200danother\u2062 circuit court \u2062reaches a\u2063 different\u200d conclusion\u2063 and upholds a \u200dparent&#8217;s\u200b right \u200dto\u2063 pursue experimental \u2063medical\u2062 care for \u2062their \u2062children, Perry \u200dbelieves the \u200ccase will\u2064 be brought \u2064before\u2062 the Supreme \u2064Court on\u2063 an \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">emergency appeal<\/a>.\u2064 She \u2062noted\u200b that the Supreme\u200d Court \u2063has never held that there\u2062 is an \u2062unfettered\u200c right to experimental\u2062 medical\u200d treatment \u200dfor children.<\/p>\n<p>Gene\u200c Hamilton, general \u2064counsel\u200c and \u200bvice president at \u200bAmerica \u200dFirst Legal \u200d(AFL),\u2063 expressed\u200c optimism\u200b that \u200bother \u2062courts \u200cwill \u200cfollow\u200c the \u200dSixth Circuit&#8217;s lead \u2063in rejecting attempts by the\u200d radical \u2064left to \u2064achieve \u200btheir goals through \u200dthe\u200b courts.\u200d Hamilton \u200bemphasized that the\u2063 Supreme Court has not extended due process \u200bor \u2064equal protection to \u200dcover procedures\u2062 and treatments \u2063that \u2063could \u200dbe \u2063considered\u200b genital \u200dmutilation or\u200d chemical\u2062 castration of \u200bchildren.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU \u2064has\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-may-soon-face-emergency-appeal-on-trans-surgery-for-kids\/\" title=\"SCOTUS may soon receive urgent appeal on transgender surgery for minors.\">filed lawsuits challenging child sex\u200c change\u200c bans<\/a> \u2064in \u200bmultiple\u2064 states, including\u200c Texas, \u2063Alabama, Idaho, \u2063Arkansas, \u200cIndiana, \u200dOklahoma, Nebraska, and Kentucky.\u2063 In \u200bFlorida, four \u2063families \u200bbacked by\u200b LGBT activist groups\u200b have also\u2062 challenged the\u2062 ban.<\/p>\n<blockquote \u2062class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tennessee Attorney\u200c General\u2062 Jonathan Skrmetti\u200d issued\u2064 this \u200dstatement after\u200b the \u200dSixth Circuit \u2063Court of\u2064 Appeals \u2063granted \u200cTennessee&#8217;s \u2064emergency motion \u2062for a\u200d stay \u200dof\u2064 the\u200c preliminary \u2064injunction in L.W. v. Skrmetti. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MFNrGrQ9Zv\">pic.twitter.com\/MFNrGrQ9Zv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062TN \u2063Attorney \u200dGeneral\u200c (@AGTennessee) \u200c<a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGTennessee\/status\/1677681526593429505?\">July 8,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Obama-appointed Eastern\u2064 District\u200b of Arkansas\u200d Judge Jay \u2063Moody \u2064struck \u2062down Arkansas&#8217;\u2064 law\u2062 in \u200cJune, while\u200c Northern District of\u200b Florida\u200c Judge Robert \u200cL. Hinkle, a \u200dClinton-appointee, \u200cgranted\u200b a preliminary injunction\u2063 against\u200b Florida&#8217;s \u200dban. \u200cThe \u2062case \u2062against \u200cFlorida&#8217;s law will soon\u200d be\u200c appealed\u2064 in\u200c the \u200b11th Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs\u2064 in \u2064these\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-they-can-do-it-to-me-they-can-do-it-to-you-donald-trump-pens-wsj-op-ed-on-why-im-suing-big-tech\/\" title=\"\u2018If They Can Do It To Me, They Can Do It To You\u2019: Donald Trump Pens WSJ Op-Ed On \u2018Why I\u2019m Suing Big Tech\u2019\">lawsuits argue<\/a> \u200dthat &#8220;gender-affirming \u200dcare&#8221; is medically\u2062 necessary to\u2062 prevent\u200c mental \u200dhealth\u200d problems \u200bsuch as anxiety, depression, \u2063self-harm, and \u2063suicide. \u200dHowever, \u2064Perry disputes this \u2063claim, \u2062stating \u2063that\u2063 there is\u200c no \u2064data \u200cto support the\u200b notion that these \u200dtreatments\u200b are\u2063 life-saving. \u200dShe warns of\u2063 the tragic \u2064consequences\u2062 that may arise \u2064from\u2064 the\u2062 push towards gender-altering \u200ctreatments in\u2064 federal\u200b trial courts \u2062across the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content\u200d created by the Daily \u200dCaller\u200c News Foundation,\u200b an independent\u2064 and \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lone-gop-rep-threatens-foundational-piece-of-bidens-agenda-and-hes-not-budging\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. 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On July 8, the Sixth Circuit halted a lower court&#8217;s injunction, allowing Tennessee&#8217;s ban on sex change surgeries and puberty blockers for children to be enforced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":647,"featured_media":1974733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}