US EditionUS Supreme Court seems skeptical toward Colorado LGBT 'conversion therapy' ban
The Supreme Court is reviewing if Colorado's 2019 ban on conversion therapy for minors violates therapists' free speech rights amid 23 states with similar laws.
- The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Chiles v. Salazar, a case about Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors, which is backed by the Trump administration and opposed by the American Psychological Association due to mental health risks.
- Kaley Chiles argues the ban violates her First Amendment rights, while Colorado claims the regulation is necessary to prevent harmful treatments associated with poor mental health outcomes.
- The Supreme Court's ruling on this case could impact similar state laws and the rights of counselors across the country, with a decision expected by June.
- The Supreme Court is reviewing Colorado's law banning conversion therapy for minors in the case of Chiles v. Salazar, a significant legal case since the court's return from break.
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NYT Sidelines LGBTQ Youth Again in Conversion Therapy Case
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in Chiles v. Salazar, a challenge on free speech grounds to Colorado’s ban on LGBTQ “conversion therapy” for children under 18. Kaley Chiles is a Colorado therapist and evangelical Christian who argues the state’s 2019 law that bans this discredited and dangerous treatment, which seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, is a violation of her First Amendment rights. The oth…
MACDONALD: Are Conversion Therapy Bans About to Be Banned? - Granite Grok
Free Speech and Religious Rights Case Appears Poised to Do Just That! With apologies to those who couldn’t care less what happens in the nation’s Highest Court, as well as to those who rightly ask why any of it matters. It is, after all, merely a temporary adjustment until some other be-robed hoodlums flip a ... Read more The post MACDONALD: Are Conversion Therapy Bans About to Be Banned? appeared first on Granite Grok.
US Supreme Court Weighs Conversion Therapy Free Speech Challenge - Liberty Nation News
By John Klar The US Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case challenging a Colorado law prohibiting conversion therapy, which involves counseling gay or transgender counselees who question their gender identity or sexual orientation. The law prohibits therapists from discussing gender dysphoria and sexual orientation with minors unless they are “affirming” transgender identities or gay behaviors. […]
‘Conversion therapy is having a moment’ — what will that mean for LGBTQ+ Jews?
The Supreme Court dove into the culture wars again this week by hearing arguments on conversion therapy — a controversial pseudoscientific practice that attempts to change LGBTQ+ patients’ sexuality to align with heterosexual desires. In Chiles v. Salazar, Kasey Chiles, an evangelical therapist in Colorado, is alleging that Colorado’s conversion therapy ban violates her 1st Amendment rights, leaving her unable to work with patients who want to l…
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