"Matt Sharp, a top lawyer at ADF who drafts model legislation on the group’s behalf, said he expects issues dealing with transgender athletes and medical care to reach the Supreme Court. In an interview, Sharp compared judges ruling in favor of allowing gender-affirming care for transgender minors to courts upholding forced sterilization for disabled individuals a century ago. “I think it’s always worth stepping back and remembering the courts get it wrong sometimes,” Sharp said. “It was about 100 years ago that the Supreme Court upheld forced sterilization for individuals with mental disabilities. It was a wrong decision. And thankfully, both the courts and the medical community recognized the damage that they were doing to a vulnerable population and corrected that mistake. Similar here, these are courts that are struggling now.”"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Matt Sharp as quoted by Jo Yurcaba, Tyler Kingkade; “State laws targeting LGBTQ rights have a new foe: federal judges”, NBC, (July 9, 2023)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Transgender
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Transgender
115 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Transgender →
Related Quotes
"Evidence suggests that less than 1% of transgender people who undergo gender-affirming surgery report regret. That pr…"
"About 1.6 million people in the U.S. identify as transgender. While only about 25% of these individuals have obtained…"
"Gender-affirming surgery often involves going through a number of hoops: waiting periods, hormone therapy and learnin…"
"This is probably one of the reasons why they are so successful in the discourse. It’s really easy to succeed when you…"
"Purpose of review Research on the health of transgender and gender nonconforming people has been limited with most of…"
"Based on this review, there is an extremely low prevalence of regret in transgender patients after GAS. We believe th…"
"The preoccupation with transition and surgery objectifies trans people. And then we don't get to really deal with the…"
"For me, it's always important to support other transgender people, to love and support each other. There's enough spo…"
"Being uncomfortable does not mean that you are unsafe. Right? [...] For several years, it was all about bathrooms. Ba…"
"“The AMA opposes the dangerous intrusion of government into the practice of medicine and the criminalization of healt…"