Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement regarding the amicus brief he and the attorneys general of Kentucky and Indiana filed on behalf of a 22-state coalition asking the United States Supreme Court to uphold a Tennessee law that protects children by prohibiting certain medical interventions to treat gender dysphoria, including puberty blockers and hormones:
“The people, through their elected state representatives, determine what procedures are safe and beneficial for their state’s children. Tennessee, like Arkansas, has enacted a law that prohibits experimental sex-change procedures on kids. Our Constitution gives states—not the federal courts—the responsibility to regulate the practice of medicine. As such, we are asking the United States Supreme Court to uphold the rights of states to protect their citizens.”
Joining Kentucky, Arkansas, and Indiana on the amicus brief in the matter of United States v. Skrmetti were the attorneys general of Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
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