Court Rejects Colorado ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban: States of Play

The US Supreme Court said a Colorado ban on what critics call “conversion therapy” violated the First Amendment rights of a Christian counselor who challenged it, Greg Stohr reports.

• Colorado’s law bars any treatment that “attempts or purports to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attraction or feelings toward individuals of the same sex.”
• That limitation on what a therapist can say “censors speech based on viewpoint,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the 8-1 majority. Lone dissenter Ketanji Brown Jackson said ...