{"id":2184405,"date":"2024-02-22T20:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-states-urge-scotus-to-uphold-idahos-transgender-surgery-ban-cite-daily-wires-bombshell-report\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T20:26:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:26:58","slug":"red-states-urge-scotus-to-uphold-idahos-transgender-surgery-ban-cite-daily-wires-bombshell-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-states-urge-scotus-to-uphold-idahos-transgender-surgery-ban-cite-daily-wires-bombshell-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Red states urge SCOTUS to support Idaho&#8217;s transgender surgery ban, citing Daily Wire&#8217;s report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fred-states-urge-scotus-to-uphold-idahos-transgender-surgery-ban-cite-daily-wires-bombshell-report%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=2184405&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>Republican-led States Urge Supreme \u200cCourt to Protect Children\u2064 from Transgender Medical Treatments<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Republican-led states across the country are urging the Supreme Court to allow Idaho to enforce its ban on transgender medical treatments \u2063for children, issuing\u2062 a fact-filled take-down\u200c of\u200c the burgeoning industry\u2063 that cites The \u200cDaily Wire\u2019s\u2063 reporting to the\u2064 high court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nineteen \u200dRepublican attorneys general told the Supreme Court\u200d that it would be a \u201cdevastating medical scandal\u201d if Idaho was not allowed to protect children \u200bfrom transgender procedures\u2062 in a Wednesday legal \u200cfiling that takes aim at the transgender medical industry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Led by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, the attorneys general \u200dfiled a <a href=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/02\/Labrador_v._Poe._States_Amicus_Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">36-page amicus brief<\/a> in support of Idaho\u2019s\u2064 petition to the Supreme Court to allow it \u200cto broadly enforce its ban on giving children <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-clinic-prescribed-puberty-blockers-to-children-after-one-meeting\/\" title=\"Transgender Clinic Prescribed Puberty Blockers to Children After One Meeting\">life-altering puberty blockers<\/a> and transgender surgeries. The\u200c briefing argues that so-called \u201cgender-affirming care\u201d for children is \u200ddangerous, irreversible, and being \u200bpushed for ideological and financial reasons \u2014 highlighted in the brief, in fact, is\u2062 the admission by\u2062 officials\u2064 at Vanderbilt University\u2019s\u2062 hospital\u200b that transgender surgeries \u200dare \u201chuge \u2064money makers,\u201d which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/huge-money-maker-video-reveals-vanderbilts-shocking-gender-care-threats-against-dissenting-doctors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first exposed<\/a> by Daily Wire host Matt \u200cWalsh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A federal judge <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-blocks-idaho-law-protecting-kids-from-transgender-procedures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ruled<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in \u200cDecember, days before Idaho\u2019s law\u2063 was \u200cset to take\u200d effect, \u2063that it violated \u2062the 14th Amendment, blocking the state from enforcing any aspect of the bill. It \u200dfiled an emergency\u2064 motion to the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the \u200blower \u200dcourt\u2019s\u2063 decision, in which the judge claimed that the outlawed medical treatments were \u201csafe, effective,\u2064 and medically necessary for some adolescents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday\u2019s\u2063 brief from the attorneys general, however, highlights\u2064 the medical complications \u2062children face from transgender procedures and says that the lower court\u2019s decision \u201cputs children\u2019s health and safety in danger.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Over Children&#8217;s Health and Safety<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Supreme Court has never issued a ruling regarding bans\u200c on transgender medical treatments for children, though several federal appeals courts have upheld laws\u200b similar to Idaho\u2019s. Leftist groups such as the ACLU have asked the Supreme Court to strike down similar \u2062laws after losing challenges to\u2064 them in appeals courts, but\u200d it is still yet to weigh in.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u200b <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">amicus brief <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to the court \u200csays \u2062that the states supporting Idaho\u2019s appeal \u201care concerned\u200b that a devastating medical scandal is at hand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c[T]he\u200d medical establishment\u2019s fast-tracking of vulnerable youth suffering from gender <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dysphoria\u2063 \u2014 and, almost always, a\u2064 host of other psychiatric ailments \u200d\u2014 for hormonal <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and \u200dsurgical sex-modification procedures that can leave them sterilized and permanently harmed,\u201d the brief says. \u201cIn \u2062response, over twenty States have joined Idaho in generally requiring children\u200d to reach the\u2063 age of majority before\u200d undergoing medicalized sex-<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">change procedures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, \u200bNebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South\u200b Carolina, South Dakota,\u200b Texas,\u2062 Virginia, and West Virginia all signed onto the brief. \u200bA decision to allow enforcement of Idaho could\u200b indicate where it would rule on other ongoing challenges to the other state bans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The brief blasted the district court for relying on \u201cactivist-drafted\u201d guidelines on transgender procedures. In his decision, District Judge B. Lynn \u200bWinmill\u200c pointed to guidelines from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health that \u200cclaim that children can be subjected to transgender procedures. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1703684399691000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0m2xSiGF1JK_f4B43pJkSz\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Repeatedly referenced throughout\u2062 the brief were the health risks of \u2063putting children on\u200b cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers. \u2064These two procedures can damage a \u2063child\u2019s bone development and cognitive function\u2062 as well as \u2064future fertility. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winmill is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.idd.52357\/gov.uscourts.idd.52357.78.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lambasted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  by the Republican officials for his suggestion that\u200d a \u201cneophallus\u201d surgery, a procedure where tissue from a woman\u2019s clitoris is used to \u2063fashion a faux-penis, \u2064was \u201cfreely available\u201d \u200bto children \u2062who do not identify as transgender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The brief\u2062 argues\u200d that the decision to block Idaho\u2019s law was compromised by the financial interests of activist medical societies such as the\u2062 one cited \u200bin Winmill\u2019s decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe court was obviously wrong to\u2062 outsource the regulation of medical <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">procedures to interest groups whose members are financially dependent on\u200d providing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the \u200dprocedures \u200dat \u2062issue; the Constitution\u200d puts States, not medical societies,\u200d in charge <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of \u200bregulation for a\u200b reason,\u201d the brief says. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Idaho Attorney\u2062 General Ra\u00fal \u2063Labrador filed his petition before the court \u2062on Friday \u2063with\u2063 support from lawyers\u200b with the \u200cAlliance \u2064Defending Freedom. The petition, addressed to\u2063 Justice Elena Kagan, is expected to be discussed by the \u2064full court. <\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why\u200b are Republican-led states urging the Supreme Court to \u200cprotect children from transgender \u2063medical treatments?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Republican-led States Urge Supreme Court to Protect Children\u2064 from Transgender Medical Treatments&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Republican-led states are calling on the Supreme Court to allow Idaho to enforce its ban on transgender medical treatments for children. \u2064In\u200b a legal \u2063filing submitted on Wednesday, nineteen Republican attorneys general presented a fact-filled brief that exposes the potential dangers of the \u2063burgeoning transgender medical industry. The amicus brief references The Daily Wire&#8217;s reporting in an effort to support Idaho&#8217;s petition to\u200b broadly enforce its ban on life-altering puberty blockers and transgender surgeries for minors.<\/p>\n<p>Led by \u200cAlabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/21-states-file-lawsuit-against-biden-to-overturn-controversial-canceling-of-keystone-xl-pipeline\/\" title=\"21 States File Lawsuit Against Biden To Overturn Controversial Canceling Of Keystone XL Pipeline\">attorneys general argue<\/a> that the provision of so-called &#8220;gender-affirming \u200ccare&#8221; for children is not only dangerous and irreversible but also primarily driven by ideological and financial motivations. The brief highlights\u200c the shocking admission from\u200b officials at Vanderbilt University&#8217;s hospital that transgender surgeries\u2062 are \u2064a &#8220;huge money maker.&#8221; This revelation, brought to light by Daily Wire host Matt Walsh, exemplifies the\u200d profit-driven nature of the transgender medical industry.<\/p>\n<p>In December,\u2062 a federal\u2063 judge ruled that\u200d Idaho&#8217;s\u2063 law, which aimed to protect children\u200b from transgender \u2064procedures, violated the 14th Amendment. This ruling prevented the state from enforcing any aspect of the bill. Idaho subsequently filed an emergency \u200cmotion challenging the \u2062lower court&#8217;s decision, stating that the prohibited medical treatments are safe, effective, and medically necessary \u200bfor some adolescents.<\/p>\n<p>The amicus brief filed \u200cby the attorneys general asserts that\u200b the lower court&#8217;s ruling places children&#8217;s health and safety in danger. It emphasizes the potential complications and risks associated with transgender procedures for minors. Although federal appeals courts have upheld similar laws to Idaho&#8217;s, the Supreme Court has yet to issue \u2062a formal ruling on bans on transgender medical treatments for\u2064 children. Leftist groups, including \u200cthe ACLU, have urged the Supreme Court to strike down these laws after losing challenges in appeals courts.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200c to the amicus brief, the supporting states are deeply concerned about the possibility of a devastating \u200dmedical scandal. It criticizes the medical establishment&#8217;s rapid approval of hormonal and surgical sex-modification procedures\u200c for \u200dvulnerable \u2064youth suffering from gender dysphoria, often alongside\u2063 other\u2064 psychiatric conditions. The brief notes that over twenty states, including Alabama, \u2062Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, require children \u2064to reach \u2062the age of majority before undergoing medicalized\u2063 sex-change procedures.<\/p>\n<p>The brief also challenges the district court&#8217;s reliance on guidelines from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, which assert that children can undergo transgender procedures. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifth-circuit-to-rehear-big-tech-free-speech-case-as-supreme-court-eyes-intervention\/\" title=\"Fifth Circuit to reconsider Big Tech free speech case as Supreme Court considers involvement.\">attorneys general\u200d argue<\/a> that these guidelines were drafted by activists \u200band therefore\u2064 lack proper scientific \u200cgrounding.<\/p>\n<p>If the Supreme Court grants \u2064Idaho the ability to enforce \u200dits ban, it may provide insights into how the Court could rule on\u2063 similar challenges to other \u200cstate bans. This case serves as a crucial opportunity to protect the health and welfare of children, ensuring that they are not subjected to\u2063 irreversible medical treatments at a young age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican-led states are urging the Supreme Court to uphold Idaho&#8217;s ban on transgender medical treatments for children. Nineteen Republican attorneys general presented a comprehensive argument against the industry, referencing The Daily Wire&#8217;s reporting. They emphasized the potential harm and requested the court&#8217;s support, describing it as a &#8220;devastating&#8221; issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2184406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-959321662.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2184405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-959321662.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184405","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2184405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2184406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2184405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2184405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2184405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}