I think I witnessed the most beautiful sunset ever in NYC tonight.
Dr. Wildlife
@drwildlife.bsky.social
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Zoologist & digital storyteller in NYC. I’ll teach you about deep-sea creatures while we’re raving at 2 a.m. He/Him. ❓️ @altanml.bsky.social | 🖤 @v4vienna.bsky.social
![Screenshot of a highlighted passage from a US federal court ruling. The highlighted section reads: "It is not irrational for a legislature to forgo Medicaid coverage of arguably ineffective and dangerous procedures and allocate its limited resources to covering other treatments. What's more, States may legitimately recognize and 'celebrat[e]' the 'inherent differences between men and women.' Virginia, 518 U.S. at 533 (internal quotation marks omitted). And it is not irrational for a legislature to encourage citizens 'to appreciate their sex' and not 'become disdainful of their sex' by refusing to fund experimental procedures that may have the opposite effect. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. at 516–17." The unhighlighted text below reads: "The Supreme Court's decision in Skrmetti forecloses any argument to the contrary. By holding that SB1 passed rational basis review, the Supreme Court made clear that prohibitions on sex-change treatments are not inherently irrational. And West Virginia provided legitimate reasons that rationally related to its policy. Therefore, we find West Virginia's Exclusion easily passes rational basis review."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2hjhgfejo6uaooongayywbda/bafkreie6baq4m2xemd2sfqgpbchcokinznurztxied4bgyie6mjnfoi6hy)
