Supreme Court to hear case on Colorado conversion therapy law

(NewsNation) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case Tuesday brought by a therapist who says a Colorado law that bans her ability to speak to minors about conversion therapy violates her First Amendment right to free speech.

Chiles v. Salazer could push the bounds of Colorado law and potentially spark a wave of lawsuits on similar laws in over 23 states across the nation that ban the treatment, which aims to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity.

Conversion therapy has been called out by more than two dozen health organizations, including the American Medical Association, which warned of the “significant long-term harm” of the practice.

At the heart of the case is a Christian therapist who says the law cannot block her right to speak about conversion therapy wit