Responding to the United States Supreme Court’s decision announced today in U.S. v Skrmetti, a decision in which the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee ban on gender affirming care for minors, Kristen Browde, the President of the Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus said, “The Supreme Court’s decision allowing bans on medical care for transgender minors is wrong both on a legal and scientific level. The decision in United States v Skremetti endorses the Republican Party’s continuing refusal to listen to doctors and scientists, substituting the ignorance of politicians for the knowledge of professionals.
It is profoundly disappointing, and reminds us that Republicans cannot be trusted with medical decisions, whether for women, transgender Americans or, for that matter, anyone else.”