On Dec. 4, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, which will determine whether the government may overrule the decisions of families, in consultation with their doctors, to provide safe, effective and medically necessary treatment to transgender adolescents.
Although the case involves families with transgender kids, every parent in America has a profound stake in its outcome. At issue is who gets to decide the appropriate course of care for children: their parents who know and love them, consulting closely with health professionals — or politicians for whom our children might be mere political pawns.
