A conservative U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to side with Tennessee Wednesday in upholding the state’s ban on gender affirming care for minors, a case likely to set legal precedent on equal protection for transgender children.

Three Tennessee families and a doctor have challenged the state's transgender care ban all the way to the Supreme Court.

Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote a major transgender rights ruling four years ago, was silent throughout the argument.

In the biggest case of the term, the justices considered a challenge to Tennessee’s law banning certain gender transition medical treatments for minors.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority Wednesday appeared willing to uphold a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors, rejecting a Biden administration challenge to that law.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced the opening of a new transgender care clinic in 2018. Years later, conservatives called for an investigation.

The Supreme Court weighed whether Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria violates the Constitution.