{"id":22472,"date":"2025-06-18T13:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=22472"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:38:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:38:29","slug":"merkley-supreme-court-has-failed-to-protect-trans-kids-keep-politicians-out-of-exam-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-supreme-court-has-failed-to-protect-trans-kids-keep-politicians-out-of-exam-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley: Supreme Court Has Failed to Protect Trans Kids, Keep Politicians Out of Exam Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley\u2014leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-takano-lead-reintroduction-of-historic-equality-act-to-ban-discrimination-against-lgbtq-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Ley de Igualdad<\/em><\/a>\u2014today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in <em>United States v. Skrmetti<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAccess to medically-necessary care for trans youth saves lives, and the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s callous decision puts trans youth and their families at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMAGA extremists across the nation will not stop at banning medically-necessary gender-affirming care for trans youth. The Court\u2019s life-altering decision lays out the playbook for extremist politicians to continue their crusade against trans people and further exclude them from daily life. And this is just the beginning\u2014this decision opens the floodgates for MAGA extremists in state legislatures and Congress to ban medically-necessary care, from gender-affirming care to abortion access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is just wrong\u2014everyone should have access to the care they need, when they need it. No exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s get politicians out of the exam room. We will continue to fight these divisive policies in communities nationwide to fully realize the vision of America as a land of freedom and equality for all, and I won\u2019t rest until my <em>Ley de Igualdad<\/em> is signed into law to deliver on this fundamental promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Merkley co-led 164 members of Congress in filing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/164-members-of-congress-file-brief-to-defend-trans-rights-at-scotus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amicus curiae breve<\/a> to defend transgender Americans\u2019 right to access medically-necessary health care in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley\u2014leader of the Equality Act\u2014today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in United States v. 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