"…The ruling, led by the court’s conservatives, is a major loss for the transgender community at an extremely vulnerable moment."

"…if her reasoning is adopted by a majority of the court in the future, it could further weaken transgender rights."

"…The Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, in an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts over dissent from the court’s Democratic appointees."

"…The Supreme Court's decision sets a precedent for the 25 states that have bans on pediatric gender-affirming care, which many view as a retreat from meaningful judicial review and a failure to protect transgender children."

"…The ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti dictates that state laws prohibiting gender-affirming hormone therapies and puberty-pausing medications for transgender youth are constitutional."

"…His decision for the court, handed down on Wednesday, is an incoherent mess of contradiction and casuistry, a travesty of legal writing that injects immense, gratuitous confusion into the law of equal protection."

"…the Roberts Court’s decision in Skrmetti, which effectively bans gender-affirming care for trans minors in more than 20 states."

"…The Supreme Court delivered a brutal blow to transgender equality, upholding a Tennessee law that outlaws gender-affirming care for trans youth."

"…The decision was fractured among the justices, with many writing independently, though all three liberals dissented."

"…The ruling is a major blow to transgender Americans’ rights and protections, which have been under attack at the state and federal level."

"…The Court’s Republicans, in other words, could have applied existing law, sent the case back down to the lower courts to apply this “heightened scrutiny,” and then ruled on the bans in a future case."

"…There is nothing good to say about the hash of opinions from the conservative justices."

"…The ruling is a huge setback for trans rights across the country."

"…The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming surgery for transgender youth in a ruling that’s likely to reverberate across the country."

"…a stunning setback to transgender rights."

"…All queer people – and all cis women who aspire to be free – have had their dignity demeaned as a result."

"…The decision left Meredithe McNamara, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine who specializes in adolescent medicine, “devastated and scared”."

"…A Tennessee state law banning gender-affirming care for minors can stand, the US supreme court has ruled, a devastating loss for trans rights supporters in a case that could set a precedent for dozens of other lawsuits involving the rights of transgender children."

"…The court's decision has left transgender children and their parents uncertain and anxious about the future."

"…The Supreme Court has delivered a major blow to transgender rights with its decision to uphold a Tennessee law that bars doctors from providing gender-affirming care including puberty blockers, hormones, and surgical procedures for trans minors in the state."

"…Today’s Supreme Court decision is a devastating blow to transgender youth and the families who love them."

"…The Supreme Court's decision is a devastating loss for transgender people, our families, and everyone who cares about the Constitution."

"…Roberts appeared to try to lower the temperature on the combustible issue of trans rights."

"…The conservative Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to transgender Americans on Wednesday, issuing a sweeping decision that may have implications beyond the medical care that was at center of one of the court’s highest-profile disputes this year."

"…The Supreme Court's ruling is a major blow to the transgender community and its advocates at a critical time."

"…The ruling does not control how other cases will ultimately turn out."

"…The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law restricting gender transition care for minors, delivering a major blow to transgender rights."

"…The Supreme Court's decision effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump’s Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people."

"…Wednesday's Supreme Court decision was a big win for Tennessee and 24 other states, but there are many questions that remain unanswered."

"…This Supreme Court decision will only intensify these worries."

"…States are in the best position to grapple with these complicated issues and to reflect the values of those who live within their borders."

"…This decision upholds a dangerous and deeply unjust law that strips families of their rights, criminalizes love and support and puts the lives of young people at risk."

"…The decision − one of the court's biggest this year − came about five years after the court ruled that transgender people, as well as gay and lesbian people, are protected by a landmark civil rights law barring sex discrimination in the workplace."

"…The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming surgery for transgender youth in a ruling that’s likely to reverberate across the country."

"…The decision "invites legislatures to engage in discrimination," she wrote."

"…The Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law that restricts access to gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria, a decision that is likely to have broad implications for access to medical treatments for transgender youth in half of the country."

"…The court's ruling has left transgender children and their parents uncertain and anxious about the future."

"…The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming surgery for transgender youth in a ruling that’s likely to reverberate across the country."

"…The court typically aims to finish its work by the end of June."

"…The Supreme Court's decision effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump’s Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people."

"…The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's leading LGBTQ civil rights group, described the decision as "devastating.""

"…The Supreme Court has never held that transgender people are a suspect or quasi-suspect class, Roberts noted."

"…The justices' response to the facts presented in the case indicates just how much the culture war battle over childhood gender transition has affected the ability to create a scientific consensus around these treatments."

"…The Supreme Court issued five opinions today, most notably its decision in United States v. Skrmetti, rejecting a constitutional challenge to a Tennessee law prohibiting certain medical treatments for gender dysphoria for minors."

"…This case serves as a useful reminder that the American people and their representatives are entitled to disagree with those who hold themselves out as experts."

"…The court affirmed that there’s a rational basis for the Tennessee law, given the adverse risks of transgender treatments and the possibility that children will regret them."

"…The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming surgery for transgender youth in a ruling that’s likely to reverberate across the country."

"…The court typically aims to finish its work by the end of June."

"…Erin Friday, parental rights advocate and lifelong Democrat, said she felt that her heart had "absolutely burst" and she "broke down in tears" of joy upon hearing the court's decision."

"…This ruling is good for people, for children who identify as trans too."

"…The ruling was described as a "major blow," a "devastating loss," and a "stunning setback.""

"…The ruled Wednesday that a Tennessee law banning specific transgender medical treatments for adolescents in the state is not discriminatory, ruling 6-3 to uphold the law."

"…Conservatives on social media rejoiced on social media Wednesday after the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning gender-transition treatments for adolescents."

"…This Supreme Court seems to have forgotten that one of their jobs is to protect individual rights and protect individuals from being discriminated against."

"…The Court’s willingness to do so here does irrevocable damage to the Equal Protection Clause and invites legislatures to engage in discrimination by hiding blatant sex classifications in plain sight."

"…I will suffer for the rest of my life for believing, in my confusion, the people who perpetuated these cruel lies."

"…The court's ruling comes at a time when transgender rights are a hotly contested topic."

"…The court’s task is not, he adds, “to judge the wisdom, fairness, or logic” of the law."

"…The landmark ruling deals a bruising blow to the transgender rights movement, which in recent years has placed advocating for and protecting children’s access to gender-transition medications at the forefront of its increasingly demoralized civil-rights mission."

"…Despite the fact that the majority of Americans, regardless of political party, believe children should not be subject to such irreversible procedures, mainstream media reporters still referred to the High Court’s ruling as a “major setback” or a “devastating loss.”"

"…This historic decision gives newfound hope and strength to every state bold enough to push back on these policies that prioritize money over children’s safety."

"…Tennessee’s law blocks all transgender medical treatments on children, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries."

"…The decision has been met with triumphant approval from conservatives."

"…In the case of child sex changes, experts relied on poorly done studies and the word of "expert" activists rather than common sense about what's best for children."

"…The ruling will help protect 26 similar state laws and return common sense to America’s medical system."

"…The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Tennessee law banning sex changes for minors."

"…The ruling, backed by all six conservative justices and opposed by the three liberal justices, allows Tennessee to enforce its 2023 law."

"…Justice Thomas called out courts in a concurring opinion Wednesday for assuming “self-described experts” are always correct."

"…The Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law prohibiting “sex transition treatments” for minors, more precisely described as “elective mutilations for children.”"

"…Wu accused Strangio of expanding “what transsexual is to absolutely absurd degrees,” making it hard for them to defend any reasonable set of transgender rights in the courts for an all-or-nothing approach."

"…Justice Sonia Sotomayor shared her “sadness” Wednesday that children would no longer be able to access experimental and irreversible transgender procedures."

"…The Equal Protection Clause does not resolve these disagreements."

"…The ruling has major legal implications for the 26 other states with similar bans on youth transgender procedures, Hans Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, told CBN News."

"…This decision bodes well for the similar laws in at least 26 other states protecting children from these barbaric practices."

"…This decision means that gender-related laws like SB1 are in the broad category of matters, such as regulating the practice of medicine generally, that the people and their elected representatives must handle."

"…The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states have the constitutional right to pass laws protecting children from irreversible transgender medical interventions."

"…This 6-3 opinion remains a cause for celebration."