Supreme Court to address state restrictions on gender-affirming care

The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will consider state laws blocking gender-affirming care in young people.

The High Cout announced that it will address challenges to the Tennessee law that bans puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery for minors, NBC revealed in breaking news.

Earlier this year, the court allowed a similar law in Idaho to be enforced in part, NBC News reported at the time.

Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the Idaho opinion that a lower court's decision had put the whole law on hold, which he...