Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Wednesday urged courts to stop deferring to “experts” on gender care, saying they have appeared to “have compromised their credibility.”
“This case carries a simple lesson: In politically contentious debates over matters shrouded in scientific uncertainty, courts should not assume that self-described experts are correct,” Thomas said in a concurring opinion in the high court’s 6-3 decision to upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender care for transgender minors in United States v. Skrmetti.
“Deference to legislatures, not experts, is particularly critical here. Many prominent medical professionals have declared a consensus around the efficacy of treating children’s gender dysphoria with puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical interventions, despite mounting evidence to the contrary,” Thomas said.
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