GLAD Law Responds to Oral Arguments in U.S. Supreme Court Case U.S. v. Skrmetti 

In response to today’s oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case United States v. Skrmetti involving Tennessee’s ban on safe and effective medical care for transgender adolescents, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) Executive Director Ricardo Martinez issued the following statement: 

“All families, including families of transgender youth, should have the freedom to make responsible medical decisions to care for their children in consultation with trusted health care providers.

“Tennessee’s ban, and others like it in states around the country, is discriminatory on its face. That fact came through clearly in today’s argument. These laws ban widely available medications, shown to be safe and effective, only to young people who are transgender. Parents of transgender young people deserve to provide their kids with the support and care that research shows helps them live happy, healthy lives. Politicians should not come between families and personal medical decisions.”

GLAD Law is challenging health care bans in Alabama (Boe v. Marshall) and Florida (Doe v. Ladapo), and submitted a friend of the court brief to the Supreme Court in U.S. v. Skrmetti along with Kentucky families, the ACLU of Kentucky, NCLR, and several other civil rights organizations.