Laws banning conversion therapy for minors in more than 20 states are under threat, thanks to a Supreme Court case challenging Colorado ’s legislation against the practice on the basis of free speech. Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Chiles v. Salazar , in which Kaley Chiles, a licensed therapist from Colorado, who is Christian, claims that the state’s 2019 law prohibiting conversion therapy for minors violates her First Amendment rights. This marks the first time a case has come before the Supreme Court involving conversion therapy — a discredited practice that attempts to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Chiles filed a lawsuit in 2022 claiming that the state prevented her from working with patients who want to

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