Legislators from 23 states join AFA in Supreme Court brief to protect children from harmful gender transition medical interventions

TUPELO, Miss. — The American Family Association (AFA) and AFA Action filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Jonathan Skrmetti. The brief was filed in support of a Tennessee law that bans gender transition medical interventions for children. Twenty-three states have passed similar laws, and lawmakers from these 23 states joined AFA’s brief. On the opposite side, the Biden-Harris administration has intervened in support of the plaintiffs challenging the Tennessee law.

“The Biden-Harris Administration is asking the Supreme Court to invent a new class of victims eligible for non-discrimination protection: children who are anxious and confused about their normal biological sex,” explained AFA Action Senior Legal Fellow Trey Dellinger. “That would be completely at odds with our constitutional traditions. It would essentially grant children a fundamental right to be prescribed drugs to change their natural, healthy bodies. As we argued to the Court, children don’t have the maturity to make such life-changing decisions. In addition, a person’s mental state, especially when they seek assisted self-harm, does not make them eligible for special legal protections that have only been applied to immutable birth characteristics like race and sex.

“A win in this case for the Biden-Harris administration would be very harmful to the rule of law,” said Dellinger. “Under the direction of the Biden-Harris White House, federal agencies are recognizing dozens of sexual identity categories beyond those who experience ‘gender dysphoria.’ If the Court turns down the path of granting special rights to each of these new identity categories, longstanding anti-discrimination policies based on race and biological sex could be undermined.

“AFA and AFA Action are proud to stand with state legislators ranging from West Virginia to Utah to protect the nation’s children from the gender insanity pushed by the Biden-Harris administration,” concluded Dellinger.

AFA Action is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to advancing biblical, family values in society and government by educating and influencing public policy. The mission of AFA Action is to inform and mobilize individuals to strengthen the biblical foundations of America by persuading individuals with the truth of the Gospel, challenging the lost to repent, promoting societal values that are consistent with Scripture, restraining evil and exposing the works of darkness, motivating people to take a stand on cultural and moral issues, and encouraging Christians to bear witness to the world the love of Jesus Christ. Find AFA Action Alerts here. 

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