The Supreme Court decided Monday to hear a challenge to a Colorado law banning "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ+ youth and young people questioning their sexualities or gender identities.
The challenge to the 2019 law came from Christian therapist Kaley Chiles, who argued that its restriction on mental health care providers administering conversion therapy to people under the age of 18 violates her First Amendment right to free speech. Both a federal judge and a panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver previously ruled to uphold the ban.
