On The Chopping Block

Our human rights and healthcare are going to be heard by the Supreme Court this session…

Porn sites. Ghost guns. Transgender rights. The Supreme Court gets back to work
USA Today
By Maureen Groppe
October 6, 2024

The Supreme Court returns Monday to tackle a slew of politically charged issues: gun regulation, gender-affirming care for minors and whether adults can be required to provide IDs to access pornographic websites.

But the justices may also be pulled more directly into politics through election-related challenges both before and after the Nov. 5 election.

Democrats and Republicans have filed dozens of suits across the country over voting rules and other election matters that could be litigated all the way up to the high court − especially if the presidential contest is close.

"I think there are legal issues that arise out of the political process,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson told CBS in September when asked if she’s ready for the election to come before the court. “So, the Supreme Court has to be prepared to respond if that should be necessary."

Our rights should never be put to a legal test!

Can states ban gender-affirming care for minors?

Many states – about half – have also tried to ban a range of gender-affirming care for minors.

The court will hear the Biden administration’s challenge to Tennessee's ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy.

The administration − as well as the ACLU, which represents families challenging the ban – argues the law discriminates on the basis of sex. A teenager whose sex assigned at birth is male may be prescribed testosterone, they say, but a teenager assigned female at birth may not.

Tennessee declares that the state has an “interest in encouraging minors to appreciate their sex” and in prohibiting treatments “that might encourage minors to become disdainful of their sex.”

The district court ruled against the state, but the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Court of Appeals said the law does not discriminate.

Government should not step between me and my doctor!

NPR wrote…

"This is obviously the blockbuster case of the term," says Deepak Gupta, a Supreme Court practitioner and lecturer at the Harvard law school litigation clinic. “It's a case of enormous significance” and "presents fundamental questions about the scope of state power to regulate medical care for minors, and the rights of parents to make medical decisions for your children." Interestingly, Gupta notes that these questions are ones "which you may think of in a different context as conservative values."

It is so hypocritical of the Republicans: in banning books… “parental rights”, in what can be taught in the class room… “parental rights”, in vaccines… “parental rights”, in transgender healthcare… “Oh the government knows best!” How teo faced is that!

My body, my choice!
My body, my choice!
My body, my choice!

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