Supreme Court Rules Against Law Banning Conversion Therapy For Minors

George Mihalcea

The justices ruled 8-1, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as the lone dissenter. The Supreme Court issued an opinion in Chiles v. Salazar on Tuesday, ruling against a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for children. The court held that a Colorado law banning conversion therapy, particularly with regard to talk therapy, “censors speech based on viewpoint,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority. “Colorado may regard its policy as essential to public health and safety. Certainly,