Today, American Principles Project (APP) filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court supporting Tennessee’s law prohibiting sex-change drugs and surgeries for minors as part of the upcoming case United States v. Skrmetti.

The brief argues that Tennessee’s law is both constitutional and necessary, given that more evidence is emerging every day calling into question the efficacy and supposed benefits of so-called “gender affirming care.” It further makes the case for why this issue is one best left to be adjudicated by the democratic process. To date, 25 states have passed laws restricting sex-change procedures for minors in some capacity.

Earlier this year, APP released a report, “The Gender Industrial Complex,” exposing the details of the $4.4 billion transgender medical industry, including the costs of various drugs and surgeries, the various health complications often faced by patients, and the pharmaceutical companies and hospitals making the largest profits.

APP President Terry Schilling released the following statement on the importance of the upcoming case:

“In recent months, the full scale of the egregious medical malpractice of so-called ‘gender affirming care’ has become horrifyingly clear. Thanks to recent research, we know that tens of thousands of American children are being given drugs and surgeries to alter their sex characteristics, and we know that the industry pushing these ‘treatments’ is making over $4 billion annually.

“But even as this transgender industry is exploding, reviews of these practices are also showing the extreme damage they are wreaking on vulnerable patients. Numerous European countries have begun to pull back, while more and more detransitioners are speaking out about their own awful experiences, with some filing malpractice lawsuits against those who encouraged them into sterilizing and mutilating their bodies.

“With the Biden-Harris administration fully committed to defending gender ideology, many states like Tennessee have been forced to take action to protect children from this predatory industry. They are right to do so, and it is absurd to argue the Constitution says otherwise. We urge the Supreme Court to uphold Tennessee’s law and affirm the right of the American people to safeguard their kids from medical harm.”

To schedule an engagement with American Principles Project, contact Paul Dupont at (o) 202-503-2010 or paul@americanprinciplesproject.org.