Tennessee’s attorney general is set to defend the state’s gender affirming care ban for minors in the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday against challengers who say the 2023 law endangers children. The case has implications for Kentucky which in 2023 enacted a similar ban that also is being challenged in court.

More than 20 states have moved to restrict gender-affirming care for youth. Now, the high court will weigh in on Tennessee’s law, and a decision could have wider implications.

Tennessee family wants Supreme Court to strike down ban on gender-affirming treatments for minors on the grounds of sex discrimination and violating parental rights.

The Supreme Court will dive headfirst into the politically fraught issue of transgender rights on Wednesday when it hears a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the highest-profile case of the fall.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria.

The justices are considering whether a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case involving gender-affirming care for people under 18. Here’s a look at what’s typically involved.