Ahead of a major Supreme Court case on gender transition procedures for children and young people, left-wing media outlets are overwhelmingly describing surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers for children as “care” — and suggesting that restricting these procedures endangers children.
On December 4, the United States Supreme Court will hear United States v. Skrmetti, which deals with Tennessee’s law banning irreversible gender transition procedures for children. Left-wing legal groups led by the ACLU and President Joe Biden’s Justice Department sued to stop the law from taking effect, ultimately leading to the Supreme Court taking up the case.
Every major media outlet reviewed by The Daily Wire is portraying the case as endangering the rights of “transgender children” and the ability of these children to access necessary medical procedures. These outlets also portrayed transgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers as “care” necessary for these youth.
CNN, for example, reported that the Supreme Court is “reviewing a Tennessee law enacted last year that bans gender-affirming care for minors.” The outlet argues that the case creates a “conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights,” and in a separate story, argues that “trans Americans continue to be a key target for Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, who has frequently attacked the community during his reelection bid.”
USA Today writes that “GOP-led states” are “trying to restrict gender-affirming care, sports participation and bathroom access for transgender people,” adding that Donald Trump has spent “millions of campaign dollars attacking transgender rights.”
This framing mirrors the rhetoric of major activist organizations, including the ACLU, Human Rights Campaign, and GLAAD. All of these groups support gender transition surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers for minors, and they promote activist assertions that young people suffering from gender dysphoria may commit suicide if they do not have access to so-called “gender-affirming care.”
The 19th News cites alleged experts who said the case “will decide whether Tennessee can continue to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth,” warning that it “could imperil the ability of all Americans to make decisions about their health care, experts say.
One of these experts, Shannon Minter, the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, argues: “If we don’t win here, it’s going to be open season on any health care related to transgender people…It would be devastating. I mean, absolutely catastrophic.”
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Recent research has shown that, contrary to these claims, such procedures actually increase the likelihood that minors will attempt suicide. According to an April study, “Gender-affirming surgery is significantly associated with elevated suicide-attempt risks, underlining the necessity for comprehensive post-procedure psychiatric support.”
Readers won’t find that research cited in the Washington Post, which described transition procedures as “gender transition care for people younger than 18,” arguing that “major medical associations have said lower rates of depression and suicide in transgender individuals.”
The New York Times, meanwhile, reported that the law bans “certain medical treatments for transgender minors,” arguing that Republicans have “pushed to curtail transgender rights in recent years.”
“Many American medical groups have endorsed youth gender treatments as evidence-based and necessary,” the Times argues. In a separate piece, the Times refers to gender transition procedures for children as “the rights of transgender minors.”
None of the outlets appear to have included the perspective of detransitioners, a growing cohort of individuals who tried to transition before realizing such a thing is impossible. These individuals, such as Chloe Cole, describe how they suffered devastating mental and physical consequences from surgeries and hormonal drugs.
KFF, supposedly an “independent source for health policy research, polling, and news” often cited by major outlets on abortion topics, refers to the subject at hand as “youth access to gender affirming care.”
The Tennessean published an entire profile on the “Tennessee family behind the Supreme Court’s trans health care case,” including a photo shoot with the teenage boy who identifies as a girl and is one of the plaintiffs in the case.
The outlet’s coverage of the case is very clearly biased against the state Republicans who enacted the law. An Instagram post from the Tennessean suggested that Tennessee was “dangerously hostile” to young people who identify as transgender.
“Tennessee Republicans voted to make it illegal for transgender youth to be prescribed certain medications and treatments used to treat gender dysphoria,” the outlet states.
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Ahead of a major Supreme Court case on gender transition procedures for children and young people, left-wing media outlets are overwhelmingly describing surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers for children as “care” — and suggesting that restricting these procedures endangers children.
On December 4, the United States Supreme Court will hear United States v. Skrmetti, which deals with Tennessee’s law banning irreversible gender transition procedures for children. Left-wing legal groups led by the ACLU and President Joe Biden’s Justice Department sued to stop the law from taking effect, ultimately leading to the Supreme Court taking up the case.
Every major media outlet reviewed by The Daily Wire is portraying the case as endangering the rights of “transgender children” and the ability of these children to access necessary medical procedures. These outlets also portrayed transgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers as “care” necessary for these youth.
CNN, for example, reported that the Supreme Court is “reviewing a Tennessee law enacted last year that bans gender-affirming care for minors.” The outlet argues that the case creates a “conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights,” and in a separate story, argues that “trans Americans continue to be a key target for Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, who has frequently attacked the community during his reelection bid.”
USA Today writes that “GOP-led states” are “trying to restrict gender-affirming care, sports participation and bathroom access for transgender people,” adding that Donald Trump has spent “millions of campaign dollars attacking transgender rights.”
This framing mirrors the rhetoric of major activist organizations, including the ACLU, Human Rights Campaign, and GLAAD. All of these groups support gender transition surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers for minors, and they promote activist assertions that young people suffering from gender dysphoria may commit suicide if they do not have access to so-called “gender-affirming care.”
The 19th News cites alleged experts who said the case “will decide whether Tennessee can continue to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth,” warning that it “could imperil the ability of all Americans to make decisions about their health care, experts say.
One of these experts, Shannon Minter, the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, argues: “If we don’t win here, it’s going to be open season on any health care related to transgender people…It would be devastating. I mean, absolutely catastrophic.”
CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
Recent research has shown that, contrary to these claims, such procedures actually increase the likelihood that minors will attempt suicide. According to an April study, “Gender-affirming surgery is significantly associated with elevated suicide-attempt risks, underlining the necessity for comprehensive post-procedure psychiatric support.”
Readers won’t find that research cited in the Washington Post, which described transition procedures as “gender transition care for people younger than 18,” arguing that “major medical associations have said lower rates of depression and suicide in transgender individuals.”
The New York Times, meanwhile, reported that the law bans “certain medical treatments for transgender minors,” arguing that Republicans have “pushed to curtail transgender rights in recent years.”
“Many American medical groups have endorsed youth gender treatments as evidence-based and necessary,” the Times argues. In a separate piece, the Times refers to gender transition procedures for children as “the rights of transgender minors.”
None of the outlets appear to have included the perspective of detransitioners, a growing cohort of individuals who tried to transition before realizing such a thing is impossible. These individuals, such as Chloe Cole, describe how they suffered devastating mental and physical consequences from surgeries and hormonal drugs.
KFF, supposedly an “independent source for health policy research, polling, and news” often cited by major outlets on abortion topics, refers to the subject at hand as “youth access to gender affirming care.”
The Tennessean published an entire profile on the “Tennessee family behind the Supreme Court’s trans health care case,” including a photo shoot with the teenage boy who identifies as a girl and is one of the plaintiffs in the case.
The outlet’s coverage of the case is very clearly biased against the state Republicans who enacted the law. An Instagram post from the Tennessean suggested that Tennessee was “dangerously hostile” to young people who identify as transgender.
“Tennessee Republicans voted to make it illegal for transgender youth to be prescribed certain medications and treatments used to treat gender dysphoria,” the outlet states.
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