A case on ‘gender-affirming care’ has the potential to unravel decades of legal protections for women and girls.
On Wednesday this week, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of United States v Skrmetti – a case during which the court will confront the question of whether women and girls exist as a sex class.
This is ostensibly a case about whether a US state (Tennessee) may constitutionally prohibit the provision of puberty blockers and opposite-sex hormones for under-18s. For that reason alone, it’s hugely important.
