What's at stake in the Supreme Court transgender care case?

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

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The Supreme Court heard a challenge Wednesday to Tennessee's ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors. Slate's Mark Joseph Stern looks at what the case could mean for transgender children across the country. Then, South Korean lawmakers are calling to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after an intense night of political drama sparked by several hours of martial law. Sydney Seiler, senior advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins us. And, pro-labor groups in Wisconsin won a court case that restored the ability of unions to bargain collectively. WUWM's Chuck Quirmbach tells us more.

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0:32.9	Now here's the show. About 25 states have laws like this on the books.
0:37.6	They are all watching very closely to see whether the Supreme Court will give them the green light to go ahead and enforce these laws.
0:44.7	Tennessee's law restricting medical treatments for transgender minors goes before the Supreme Court.
0:50.3	It's Wednesday, December 4th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR. I'm Chris
0:56.0	Bentley. Today on the show, what's next for South Korea after a failed attempt by the
1:05.2	president to declare military rule? For a very bad move, things worked out well. The democracy
1:10.7	held, processes were followed.
1:14.2	Also, a court restored collective bargaining rights for state workers in Wisconsin,
1:19.7	reigniting a 13-year-old political fight and setting up a lengthy legal battle.
1:25.4	But first, to another major court case, one before the U.S. Supreme Court
1:30.4	today, about a Tennessee law that bans some medical treatments for transgender minors, including
1:36.7	puberty blockers. A lot of people are following the case in light of President-elect
1:41.6	Trump's promises to roll back protections for trans people,
1:44.8	and in light of the fact that many Republican-controlled states have bans similar to Tennessee's.
1:51.0	We called up Slate's Mark Joseph Stern for his analysis.
1:54.4	Here's his conversation with Robin Young.
1:56.6	Help us understand this.
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