Supreme Court leans toward upholding Tennessee’s restrictions on gender-affirming care

The Supreme Court’s conservatives on Wednesday appeared to lean toward upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors in a blockbuster showdown over transgender rights. Over 2.5 hours of arguments, several conservative justices questioned the Biden administration’s assertion of “overwhelming” evidence that the benefits of giving some adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria puberty blockers and hormone…