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Western New England Law Review
Abstract
For the last half-century, the Court has recognized that discrimination on the basis of sex triggers equal protection guarantees. Those guarantees impose a heavy–but by no means insurmountable–burden on the State to justify its use of sex-based classifications. Recently, in United States v. Skrmetti, the Court refused to apply heightened scrutiny to a sex-based classification in a shocking opinion that bodes poorly form equal protection in particular and constitutional analysis as a general matter.
Recommended Citation
Mark Strasser, PUBERTY BLOCKERS AND CLASSIFICATIONS ON THE BASIS OF SEX, 48 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 361 (2026), https://digitalcommons.wne.edu/lawreview/vol48/iss2/6