Sotomayor warns Skrmetti decision will cause 'untold harm' to transgender children in scathing dissent
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered a blistering dissent against a Supreme Court ruling upholding Tennessee's ban on transgender medical procedures for minors, calling it discriminatory.
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Sotomayor, who was appointed to the court by former President Barack Obama, said the majority "refuses to call a spade a spade" and "obfuscates a sex classification" to allow the Tennessee bill to withstand constitutional tests.
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