Supreme Court Ruling Revives Debate over Conversion Therapy Bans, Including in Virginia

No, Colorado Case Was Not About Conversion Therapy

Headlines for the past few weeks have capitalized on the cruel connotations surrounding conversion therapy, proclaiming that the United States Supreme Court struck down "a conversion therapy ban." The problem is that the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision that included Justices Kagan and Sotomayor, told Colorado something that needed to be said: Your law was never actually about that.

Supreme Court ruling revives debate over conversion therapy bans, including in Virginia

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)An 8-1 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court has revived a legal fight over conversion therapy bans, siding with a free speech challenge to Colorado’s prohibition on therapists using talk-based conversion therapy with minors.  Though the case has been sent back down to state court for further deliberation, the decision could have implications for several states that have …

John Carpay: Canada Should Take Note of Key US Supreme Court Ruling on Freedoms

Commentary In a free country, adults should have the right to choose their own psychological counselling options, and to pursue their own goals in relation to their own sexuality, in the privacy of a therapy session. In 1967, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau famously stated that “There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.” If the state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation, why should it have a place in the counsellin…

LGBTQ advocates, youth, react to conversion therapy ruling

A Supreme Court ruling effectively overturning Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors has rattled LGBTQ advocates and community members on the Western Slope.

Epoch Times: Canada Should Take Note of Key US Supreme Court Ruling on Freedoms

In a free country, adults should have the right to choose their own psychological counselling options, and to pursue their own goals in relation to their own sexuality, in the privacy of a therapy session. In 1967, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau famously stated that “There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of […]