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** Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Help Not Harm!
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Dear John,

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a case that will decide the fate of 23 Help Not Harm-style laws around the nation that protect children struggling with gender dysphoria from irreversibly harmful sex change procedures. FPA staff were on the ground at the Court, listening to the oral arguments and speaking at a rally in front of the Court, and wanted to send you a brief report on some positive aspects of the arguments!

Almost immediately after the oral arguments began, the U.S. Solicitor General, arguing for the Biden Administration in opposition to these laws, was forced to concede that there are, in fact, biological differences between male and female. Whether she knew it or not, this admission affirms the sex binary, which explodes the supposed spectrum at the heart of gender ideology. This is very helpful for not just this issue of protecting vulnerable children, but for any issue dealing with sex and gender. Speaking of that…

Justice Kavanaugh astutely asked about the implications for this case’s outcome on the Save Girls Sports movement. The Solicitor General correctly pointed out that the lawsuits over men competing in girls’ sports involve a separate set of state interests, which Justice Kavanaugh rightly agreed with. But getting on record the fact that those implications do, in fact, exist, is very helpful for the Save Girls Sports movement. FPA got that movement off the ground years ago by helping to pass the very first Save Girls Sports bill in Idaho. Since then, 24 states have passed similar laws ensuring women's sports are for biological women, and the issue only continues to get more popular.

The Biden Administration also argued passionately that Tennessee's Help Not Harm Law supposedly discriminates on the basis of sex. But sex discrimination is very clearly not in Tennessee’s law, nor is it in any of the other 22 Help Not Harm-style laws around the country. These laws are based on our original model Help Not Harm bill. The Solicitor General gave this argument one final try in her rebuttal by focusing on one of the plaintiffs: “he [a young women with gender dysphoria] can’t have these treatments because of his birth sex”—that is not correct: he cannot have them under the law because he is underage and they are harmful (and therefore not medical care).

These are some encouraging and notable aspects of this week’s arguments that we want you to know about. We also want you to know how thankful we are for your support. ([link removed][0]=AZW-IWAoRhs31ic_5jDZTWcDRuNXokXRJ_dF2qha_LgP0ie8E26tUHgD0inQ60u7bhohYdQ-7byzJ06ONy9TuUJ3yvNILFN7wLSWVHC5sR48AmmLXaeaw_FG82qrcRrqCh7xHj_kD-C0BrS9yARMTxknkY5LRRU-gSqx0jhmdF-LIO_2nQom4rJb37vFOrCUPWvxr219OYdZrxnmlpoMBjQ0&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&utm_source=Family+Policy+Foundation&utm_campaign=a9466deb8b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_06_08_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-a9466deb8b-501237810&mc_cid=a9466deb8b&mc_eid=UNIQID) It is YOUR support that enabled the passage of those 23 Help Not Harm-style bills, and therefore it is YOUR support that put the Court in a position to rule on the constitutionality of them, beginning with yesterday’s arguments and ending with a ruling in June.

We are so very grateful to you for making all this possible! You are directly supporting the protection of some of the most vulnerable members of our society: children struggling with who God made them. No child is born in the wrong body, and we will never stop fighting for that truth. Please join us in praying for the Justices and their clerks as we look forward to their ruling in June.

Sincerely,

Joseph Kohm, III

Director, Public Policy

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