The US Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a challenge by a Christian therapist to a Colorado law that bans "conversion therapy" for minors who are questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation.

The case was brought by Kaley Chiles, a licensed mental health counselor who argues that the prohibition from holding such conversations with minors is a violation of her First Amendment free speech rights.

Colorado's Minor Conversion Therapy Law, passed in 2019, prohibits licensed mental health professionals from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of their patients under 18 years old.

Chiles is represented in the case before the conservative-dominated Supreme Court by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal advocacy group.

In her petition, Chiles's la

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