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“Every medical treatment has a risk, even taking aspirin. There is always going to be a percentage of the population under any medical treatment that’s going to suffer harm.”

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in December in United States v. Skrmetti, a case involving a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-mutilating treatments for minors. Justice Sonia Sotomayor compared the consequences of these operations — intended to be destructive and life-altering — to unintentional side effects of standard medications. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who couldn’t define “woman” during her 2022 confirmation hearings, compared the case to a law banning interracial relationships.

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