Overview

• The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division formally withdrew its Biden-era intervention with prejudice, preventing any refiling of the challenge.
• In a 6-3 decision last month, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s law under rational-basis review, ruling it did not violate the Equal Protection Clause.
• Tennessee’s 2023 statute bars puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgical procedures for minors seeking gender-affirming care.
• Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon pledged to defend other states that enact comparable bans.
• The move highlights a broader partisan shift in federal policy and intensifies the debate over state authority in medical decisions for transgender youth.