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The US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold a medical ban affecting trans youth

At oral arguments, the justices divided on ideological lines

Supreme Court To Weigh Bans On Puberty Blockers, Hormones For Trans Teens
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IN 2020 Justice Neil Gorsuch delighted progressives and infuriated many on the right when he wrote, for a 6-3 majority, that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 barred discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender employees. That ruling, Bostock v Clayton County, so alarmed Josh Hawley, Missouri’s junior senator, that he rose on the Senate floor to warn against the “end of the conservative legal movement....as we know it”.

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