Supreme Court’s anti-trans Skrmetti ruling... to protect health care ban in OK

[Jessica_Rose]

Supreme Court's anti-trans Skrmetti ruling was just used to protect a health care ban in Oklahoma

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/supreme-courts-anti-trans-skrmetti-ruling-was-just-used-to-protect-a-health-care-ban-in-oklahoma/

John Russell (8 Aug 2025)

The Supreme Court's devastating anti-trans ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti continues to impact court challenges to state-level bans on gender-affirming care for minors, most recently in Oklahoma.

This week, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit cited Skrmetti in its decision to reject a challenge to Oklahoma's ban on gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth, according to the Advocate.

Signed into law by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) in 2023, S.B. 613 bans all forms of this lifesaving health care – including reversible puberty blockers – for anyone under the age of 18. It forces trans minors currently receiving such care to de-transition over a six-month period. The law also makes it a felony for doctors to provide this care to trans youth and allows prosecution of health care professionals until their patients turn 45, and also potential civil penalties, including the loss of their medical licenses.

In June, the high court ruled in a 6–3 decision along ideological lines that a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria does not violate the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause by discriminating on the basis of sex or transgender status, as plaintiffs in the case argued.

Writing for the three-judge panel this week in the Oklahoma case, Judge Joel M. Carson III said that the court had relied on the Skrmetti decision in affirming the lower court's denial of a preliminary injunction.

[Lori Dee]

The law also makes it a felony for doctors to provide this care to trans youth and allows prosecution of health care professionals until their patients turn 45, and also potential civil penalties, including the loss of their medical licenses.

If all the healthcare providers move to states like Colorado and California, where they are protected, then these states, like Oklahoma, will have no medical providers to take care of anyone. They might regret these decisions during the next outbreak of Measles or West Nile.

Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.