Supreme Court Rules Against Colorado's Ban On Conversation Therapy For LGBTQ Youth

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against states’ efforts to ban so-called “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ minors. Two of the Court’s liberal justices sided with their conservative colleagues in striking the ban on freedom of speech grounds, granting a legal victory to Christian conservatives who favor these treatments. One liberal justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented, warning that the decision could lead to medically dangerous treatments. The Supreme Court struck down the conversion therapy ban for violating the First Amendment The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 to strike down a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for youth. These controversial therapies have been used by Christian conservative counselors to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ+ youth. Other medical experts and LGBTQ+ advocates have warned that the therapies are ineffective and could be harmful. The Colorado law banned “any practice or treatment” applied to minors for the purposes of...