By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court was set on Tuesday to hear a free speech challenge to a Colorado law banning psychotherapists from conducting “conversion therapy” that aims to change a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

The dispute pits Colorado’s authority to forbid a healthcare practice it considers unsafe and ineffective against the rights of Christian licensed counselor Kaley Chiles, who challenged the law under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment protections against government abridgment of free speech.

Chiles appealed a lower court’s decision rejecting her claim that the 2019 statute unlawfully censors her communications with clients in violation of the First Amendment. The state has said it is regulating professional co

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