The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to rule against a Colorado law that bans so-called “conversion therapy” for minors in counseling, with several justices during oral arguments expressing concerns that it limits free speech.

Licensed counselor Kaley Chiles appealed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit that upheld the Colorado law as a regulation on professional conduct by medical professionals, rather than just a limit on what can be said to patients.

The law prohibits any practice that “attempts or purports to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity.” More than two dozen states nationwide have similar laws, and the Trump administration also weighed in, asking the justices to curtail the law.

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. pressed an attor

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