This case could have drastic, far-reaching implications on transgender treatments for minors across the nation. Let Your will be done, Lord!

From CBN. The Supreme Court will hear a case next month challenging a Tennessee law that prohibits doctors from performing gender transition surgery and related procedures on minors.

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Tennessee passed the law last year banning children from receiving hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and gender-altering surgery. Those suing say that transgender patients must have the right to these interventions. The Biden administration claims the law violates the constitutional right of equal protection, but child advocates disagree, saying the procedures are harmful.

“We know based on research, based on clinical practice, based on growing international consensus, that these interventions for minors are not based on any credible evidence that the benefits outweigh the risks. There are a growing number of teenagers and young adults who say that they have been harmed,” Dr. Leor Sapir of the Manhattan Institute says. …

“This is an opportunity for the court to put an end to this nonsense,” Ed Whelan of the Ethics and Public Policy Center said.

He notes that the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) did propose age minimums for trans surgery. A recommendation that Levine, a trans-gender male, refused. “Levine said, no, that would be politically disastrous for us. Take them out. and that’s what ended up happening,” Whelan said.

The Justice Department joined a Nashville teenager, his parents, and the ACLU, arguing the state law discriminates on the basis of transgender status and violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. …

Sapir points out, however, that research on gender-altering attempts shows it can harm kids, both short and long-term, leading England and several other European countries to limit the procedures. …

Experts believe the Supreme Court will deliver a sweeping victory to Tennessee and uphold age restrictions for transgender surgeries, something more than two dozen states already do. Their big concern now is the other states that have no age restrictions for irreversible, life-altering trans surgeries which they argue is more about politics than science – and could put countless children in danger.

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(Excerpt from CBN. Photo Credit: Adam Szuscik on Unsplash)