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Danielle Ong

Colorado Parents and Counselors Brace for Impact of Supreme Court Ruling on State Conversion Therapy Ban

Colorado parents and counselors respond to a Supreme Court ruling weakening the state’s conversion therapy ban, raising new concerns over protections for LGBTQ youth and future mental health care.

Colorado parents, LGBTQ advocates, and mental health counselors are scrambling to understand what a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the state's conversion therapy ban will mean for families, clinics, and kids.

On Tuesday, the court ruled 8-1 in favor of Colorado counselor Kaley Chiles, who said the state's 2019 Minor Conversion Therapy Law violated her First Amendment rights because it limited what she could say to young clients about sexual orientation and gender identity.

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