The legislation that has made it to the Supreme Court in the case over a Tennessee law banning puberty blockers for minors was originally prompted by reports about a clinic dedicated to performing transgender surgeries on children, according to Tennessee State Sen. Jack Johnson (R).
“Well, we were mortified to find out, Mike, in late 2022 — thanks to some great reporting by Daily Wire, Matt Walsh and his team — they reported that, in fact, there’s this prominent medical facility right here in Middle Tennessee that in fact had a … clinic dedicated to performing pediatric transgender surgeries on kids, hence the reason it’s pediatric, and also prescribing these very, very harmful drugs that can delay the development of a child’s body and certainly have longlasting medical complications,” Johnson began during a Friday interview on Breitbart News Daily.
“So naturally, people from Tennessee, from one end of the state to the other, were mortified. So the House majority leader — I serve as the Senate majority leader — he and I got together, said we have to stop this. We began working with our Attorney General, crafted a bill,” he said, noting that they were aware other states had tried to do so as well but were unable to withstand judicial scrutiny.