FRANKFORT, KY – Attorney General Russell Coleman released the following statement Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s law protecting children from experimental sex-change procedures. The Court’s 6-3 ruling in United States v. Skrmetti also upholds Kentucky’s SB 150:
“As parents and public officials, we have a responsibility to protect our children from harm. That’s exactly what Kentucky’s General Assembly did with the passage of SB 150, creating a commonsense measure to safeguard minors from life-altering medical procedures.
“Our Office has fulfilled its duty to defend statutes passed by the General Assembly. Along with our colleague, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, and other attorneys general across the country, we have finally upheld the law that will protect our young people from irreparable damage.”
Background:
General Coleman led a 22-state coalition with Arkansas and Indiana to file a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Tennessee in the case. Read the brief.
Kentucky’s General Assembly passed Senate Bill 150 during the 2023 Regular Session. The bill protects children from the permanent harm of so-called “gender transition” surgeries and experimental chemical treatments like puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The General Assembly overrode the Governor’s veto.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld SB 150 in September 2023 in a combined decision also upholding Tennessee’s law. The U.S. Supreme Court granted review in only Tennessee’s case, but its reasoning applies fully to Kentucky’s SB 150.
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