Axios
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared open to a Christian counselor’s argument that Colorado’s ban on youth conversion therapy hampers her First Amendment right to free speech.
A decision backing the counselor, Kaley Chiles, could force more than 20 states to revisit their bans on the practice, which aims to change sexual orientation and gender identities to align with a person’s religious beliefs and has been discredited by leading medical associations.
The conservative Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented Chiles, argued that Colorado didn’t consider less-restrictive alternatives to a conversion therapy ban, and that Colorado can’t prove the counseling causes harm.
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