Selena Simmons-Duffin

About half of states ban gender-affirming care for youth. This is the first time the Supreme Court has considered whether these kinds of laws discriminate on the basis of sex. As attorneys for the plaintiffs in Tennessee made their arguments before the justices, hundreds gathered for dueling protests outside.

About half of states ban gender-affirming care for youth. This is the first time the Supreme Court has considered whether these kinds of laws discriminate on the basis of sex. As attorneys for the plaintiffs in Tennessee made their arguments before the justices, hundreds gathered for dueling protests outside.

Tennessee lawmakers, conservative groups like the Alliance Defending Freedom, and others gathered to defend the ban. There were more people on the trans rights side of the barricades. A decision in the case is expected by the summer. Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.

Tennessee lawmakers, conservative groups like the Alliance Defending Freedom, and others gathered to defend the ban. There were more people on the trans rights side of the barricades. A decision in the case is expected by the summer. Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.