The Supreme Court's decision has no effect on Maine, which currently has no bans restricting access to gender-affirming care for minors.

In a political climate in which stars are shying away from the spotlight on divisive issues, Elliot Page, Nicole Maines and Lilly Wachowski urged the justices to affirm "live-saving" healthcare for transgender youth.

The Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government.