High Court Argument Promotes Targeted Limits on Transgender Care

The Biden administration’s concession this week that states can reasonably limit when minors may receive gender-affirming care could provide a stronger legal basis for state laws that restrict treatments, attorneys say.

In oral arguments before the US Supreme Court, US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued that Tennessee’s law prohibiting the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery for those under 18 wasn’t specifically tailored to advance the state’s interest of protecting the health and welfare of minors.

But Prelogar went on to say that “there is a real space for states to regulate here,” citing a West Virginia law ...