Federal Appellate Court Slaps Down Lower Court Judge, Reinstates Tennessee Ban on Tranny Surgery, Drugs for Children

A Tennessee law prohibiting doctors from providing medical care such as puberty-blockers and gender affirming surgery for transgender minors can go into effect immediately, a U.S. appeals court ruled Saturday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said advocacy groups that had challenged Tennessee’s law could not show they were likely to prevail on their claims it violated the U.S. Constitution. The panel of three judges voted 2-1 to reverse a lower court’s decision that had blocked Tennessee from enforcing the law while it was being challenged.

“Life-tenured federal judges should be wary of removing a vexing and novel topic of medical debate from the ebbs and flows of democracy by construing a largely unamendable federal constitution to occupy the field,” Judge Jeffrey Sutton wrote for the appeals court. (Read more from “Federal Appellate Court Slaps Down Lower Court Judge, Reinstates Tennessee Ban on Tranny Surgery, Drugs for Children” HERE)

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