Show-Me Trans Legal Arguments

We wanted to share this passage that seems to accurately describe the case with SCOTUS precedent favoring the initial ruling . . . Check-it: 

Arguing on behalf of the appellants, attorney Nora Huppert said the trial court ignored the two fundamental rights that are at issue with this case. One is the individual right to autonomy over decisions on one’s health and welfare, she said. The other is a parent’s authority to seek medical care for children “subject to a physician’s independent judgment.”

“These rights are separate and distinct, but they overlap and interact,” Huppert said.

This appeal before the Missouri Supreme Court comes months after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a similar law in Tennessee that bars transgender minors from attaining gender-affirming care.

Representing the state, Solicitor General Louis Capozzi, said the circuit court got the ruling right the first time. He quoted the Supreme Court’s ruling as reason to uphold the law.

“States have ‘wide discretion to pass legislation in areas where there is medical and scientific uncertainty.’ That rule easily settles appellant's challenge,” Capozzi said.

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Missouri Supreme Court hears arguments on gender-affirming care ban for minors

The plaintiffs are seeking a reversal of a lower court that upheld the ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.