Several justices seemed to support the families of trans youth on the question of whether to force Colorado Children's Hospital to discontinue capitulating to the Trump administration.
Having just relocated from Texas to Colorado, I am watching this case closely to see to what extent the state's antidiscrimination act will make a material difference in the outcome. In any event, it's amazing to be out of a fascist-run state, to a blue state with visibility.
I expect the Colorado Supreme Court to do the right thing and put the health and lives of trans youth ahead of the political games coming from Trump and RFK Jr.
Politicians have no business inserting themselves into private medical decisions—especially when it comes to vulnerable young people who need care, not culture war talking points.
This shouldn’t even be controversial: doctors, families, and patients—not politicians—should be making these decisions.
If the court gets this right, it should set a clear precedent and push other states to stop the damage and reopen access to essential care.
It’s time our hospitals stop bending over for trump and have the courage to say no - Our patients come first.
Fingers crossed. We've had enough bad news already this year to last a couple of decades; it'd be wonderful to chalk another tally-mark in the Win column.
Erin I am so appreciative and value all your commitments to keeping this group informed. There are so many states I no longer visit and I would be disappointed to have to add Colorado.
Judge Englert was wrong. She was not being asked to "call the bluff of the federal government." She was being asked to rule in accordance with the Colorado constitution without relying on speculation of what actions the feds might take outside the court system.
And, oh yeah, *there is no federal law involved here*. Neither an Executive Order nor an agency declaration is a law.
It's an indication of how far were have come towards authoritarianism that even a state judge is treating whatever foams out of the mouths of RFK "My dad would be ashamed of me" Jr. and hydroxychloroquine fan Mehmet "I really am from" Oz as instantly becoming law.
Although they didn't seem to invoke the metaphor, it sounds like the justices are weighing the issue of whether it is justifiable to throw people under the civil rights bus for pragmatic reasons - whether some people are more equal than others, in Animal Farm parlance. Throwing weak minorities under the bus is intellectually corrupt and lazy. It puts the blame and the burden of an unjust society upon the victims, and it fails to address the root injustice that demands this discriminatory behavior.
Hopefully the Colorado Supreme Court sees sense and sides with the rule of law and humanity against the lawlessness and cruelty of the Trump administration.
Having just relocated from Texas to Colorado, I am watching this case closely to see to what extent the state's antidiscrimination act will make a material difference in the outcome. In any event, it's amazing to be out of a fascist-run state, to a blue state with visibility.
"Colorado Supreme Court May Force Children's Hospital To Resume Trans Youth Care"
It would be awesome if they did, and it was precedent setting . . . and outside CO it won't be.
"several justices appeared skeptical of the hospital's rationale,"
There is non-existent rationality to the rationale, so. . .
Thank you for the reporting, Erin.
I expect the Colorado Supreme Court to do the right thing and put the health and lives of trans youth ahead of the political games coming from Trump and RFK Jr.
Politicians have no business inserting themselves into private medical decisions—especially when it comes to vulnerable young people who need care, not culture war talking points.
This shouldn’t even be controversial: doctors, families, and patients—not politicians—should be making these decisions.
If the court gets this right, it should set a clear precedent and push other states to stop the damage and reopen access to essential care.
It’s time our hospitals stop bending over for trump and have the courage to say no - Our patients come first.
Fingers crossed. We've had enough bad news already this year to last a couple of decades; it'd be wonderful to chalk another tally-mark in the Win column.
Thank you Erin, please keep us posted!
Only doctors can dictate care. Politicians are not qualified nor do they have any right!
Erin I am so appreciative and value all your commitments to keeping this group informed. There are so many states I no longer visit and I would be disappointed to have to add Colorado.
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Judge Englert was wrong. She was not being asked to "call the bluff of the federal government." She was being asked to rule in accordance with the Colorado constitution without relying on speculation of what actions the feds might take outside the court system.
And, oh yeah, *there is no federal law involved here*. Neither an Executive Order nor an agency declaration is a law.
It's an indication of how far were have come towards authoritarianism that even a state judge is treating whatever foams out of the mouths of RFK "My dad would be ashamed of me" Jr. and hydroxychloroquine fan Mehmet "I really am from" Oz as instantly becoming law.
Although they didn't seem to invoke the metaphor, it sounds like the justices are weighing the issue of whether it is justifiable to throw people under the civil rights bus for pragmatic reasons - whether some people are more equal than others, in Animal Farm parlance. Throwing weak minorities under the bus is intellectually corrupt and lazy. It puts the blame and the burden of an unjust society upon the victims, and it fails to address the root injustice that demands this discriminatory behavior.
Hopefully the Colorado Supreme Court sees sense and sides with the rule of law and humanity against the lawlessness and cruelty of the Trump administration.