The high court’s conservative justices express concern the ban might infringe upon therapists’ freedom of speech.
The United States Supreme Court appears poised to side with a challenge against a Colorado law that bans psychotherapists from conducting “conversion therapy” on minors in an attempt to influence their gender identification or sexuality.
On Tuesday, the high court, which has a six-to-three conservative majority, heard arguments in the case, which weighs whether the ban violates the protections for free speech under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
The complaint was brought by licensed counsellor Kaley Chiles, a Christian who claims Colorado’s law inf
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