Tennessee attorney general claims victory in admission of ACLU lawyer in transgender case

Published December 5, 2024 5:00am ET



Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti claimed victory in the American Civil Liberties Union’s acknowledgment before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the denial of transgender procedures for minors does not raise suicide rates.

The discussion of data on suicide rates among minors experiencing gender dysphoria was one of the most significant moments, Skrmetti said, during oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, a case testing whether the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause precludes state law barring children under the age of 18 from undergoing transgender hormone and puberty-blocking procedures.

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