Clarence Thomas urges courts to end deferring to 'experts' on gender-affirming care

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Justice Clarence Thomas said Wednesday that courts should not defer to “self-described experts” on gender-affirming care, suggesting it is a matter of medical uncertainty.

Thomas’s concurring opinion came as the Supreme Court upheld in a 6-3 decision Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender minors, a ruling that could reverberate through several states that have similar laws.

“This case carries a simple lesson: In politically contentious debates over matters shrouded in scientific uncertainty, courts should not assume that self-described experts are correct,” the justice wrote in a solo concurring opinion.

Tennessee’s law, S.B. 1, bars health care providers from prescribing puberty blocking and hormone therapy medications to minors when the intent is to help them transition. Signed in 2023, it also bans gender-transition surgeries for minors, though the justices did not consider that provision.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/clarence-thomas-urges-courts-end-153055265.html

Need to add Thomas to "is he dead yet?" threads