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Breakthrough ruling on puberty blockers in US.

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Imnobody4 · 30/09/2023 17:10

Its from Matt Walsh and sounds quite amazing. It completely demolishes all the TRA arguments around 'special' treatment due to oppression etc.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1707832888832479247.html

Last night, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a devastating ruling for the trans cult. No other court decision has so thoroughly dismantled, point-by-point, every disingenuous argument from trans activists.

The case arose because of laws in TN & KY banning the use of puberty blockers & sterilizing cross-sex hormones on kids. The laws were passed after my reporting on Vanderbilt’s gender clinic, and how they see some gender “treatments” as big money makers. x.com/MattWalshBlog/…

First, the ruling establishes that voters have the right to ban medical procedures they believe are immoral or dangerous. That’s true regardless of what the “experts” at Big Pharma say.

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OvaHere · 30/09/2023 19:51

Does this apply across all the US or is it a specific state/s?

ResisterRex · 30/09/2023 19:13

WDI tweeted their "friend of the court brief" here:

womensdeclarationusa.com/wdi-usa-files-amicus-brief-in-lw-v-skrmetti/

DaisyWaldron · 30/09/2023 18:46

Will that have knock-on effects to things like abortion and contraception and HPV vaccines?

algasport · 30/09/2023 18:28

Could this really be the end?
Feeling a bit emotional..

Thingybob · 30/09/2023 18:23

Wonder how it’s it going down on ‘X’ twitter 😁

The activists seem to be ignoring it but the ACLU has tweeted

"This fight is far from over. We'll never stop fighting for trans youth and their families to get the medical care they need"

There is over 3k comments on that post and I can't see one that supports the ACLU position.

lordloveadog · 30/09/2023 18:19

I love watching TRA waffle and sophistry hit the courts.

ResisterRex · 30/09/2023 18:14

UtopiaPlanitia · 30/09/2023 18:05

That ruling makes for encouraging reading.

One thing about the events of the last number of years has been that I’ve learned to read court and employment tribunal judgements/rulings and find them very interesting.

I agree. I made it here so far:

"Second, while the challengers do invoke constitutional precedents of the Supreme Court and our Court in bringing this lawsuit, not one of them resolves these claims. In each instance, they seek to extend the constitutional guarantees to new territory. There is nothing wrong with that, to be certain. But this reality does suggest that the key premise of a preliminary injunction—a showing of a likelihood of success on the merits—is missing. Constitutionalizing new areas of American life is not something federal courts should do lightly, particularly when “the States are currently engaged in serious, thoughtful” debates about the issue. Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702, 719 (1997)."

Looks as though the claimants (plaintiffs?) are trying to make case law by going around the actual democratic processes.

HMMMMM.

www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/23a0221p-06.pdf

WomenShouldStillWinWomensSports · 30/09/2023 18:09

Ahh that's why the Metro ran that pile of drivel yesterday in favour of puberty blockers. I thought it was a bit out of the blue since the UK ruled on them ages ago. Someone must have been pre-empting this ruling in the US and trying to drum up more demand for the drugs in markets where they are still unrestricted.

UtopiaPlanitia · 30/09/2023 18:05

That ruling makes for encouraging reading.

One thing about the events of the last number of years has been that I’ve learned to read court and employment tribunal judgements/rulings and find them very interesting.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 30/09/2023 17:55

That looks very positive. What will be the impact of this in the US?

Myalternate · 30/09/2023 17:34

Wonder how it’s it going down on ‘X’ twitter 😁

IcakethereforeIam · 30/09/2023 17:30

Putting the self-aggrandising of Matt Walsh to one side, this seems really good. I'm glad it punctured the 'most marginalised' bullshit.

borntobequiet · 30/09/2023 17:28

That’s very encouraging.

Redshoeblueshoe · 30/09/2023 17:13

Brilliant thanks for posting, I hadn't seen that

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