Landmark Supreme Court case on trans healthcare to hear from ‘deeply biased doctors’

A landmark transgender rights case before the US Supreme Court will reportedly include testimony from doctors described as “deeply biased” and having a “history of advocating against trans healthcare”, an investigation has found.

The case, which will determine whether trans youngsters in Tennessee have a constitutional right to access gender-affirming healthcare, has taken testimonies from medics linked to a right-wing Christian legal group, The Guardian revealed.

The newspaper claimed that six doctors who have defended the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors have a “history of advocating against trans healthcare”, while five of them have been “rebuked or discounted” by judges in previous cases because of their backgrounds.

Four of the doctors have been linked to the legal group, with the newspaper alleging that they have “profited” from testifying against gender-affirming

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