US EditionWisconsin Supreme Court clears way for conversion therapy ban
DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN, JUL 8 – The Wisconsin Supreme Court's 4-3 ruling clears the way for a statewide ban on conversion therapy, joining 23 states that have outlawed the practice, advocacy groups said.
- On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that a Republican-controlled legislative committee's rejection of a rule banning conversion therapy was unconstitutional.
- The ruling follows Governor Tony Evers' 2023 lawsuit alleging the committee exercised an unconstitutional legislative veto over executive powers assigned to the governor.
- Since 2020, Evers' administration has tried to implement a rule classifying conversion therapy as unprofessional conduct, but the legislature repeatedly blocked it through its administrative rules committee.
- Evers said the 1992 ruling enabling the committee's veto has “proved unworkable” and conflicts with the state constitution, while Chief Justice Jill Karofsky emphasized constitutional limits on legislative overreach.
- The court's decision clears the way for Wisconsin to enact the conversion therapy ban, joining 23 states and D.C. amid a national debate on LGBTQ+ rights and similar cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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