Summary
The United States Supreme Court will hear a case next week about Colorado's law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors. The case focuses on whether the law violates free speech rights, with arguments beginning on Tuesday. The decision could affect similar bans in other states.
Key Facts
- The Supreme Court will consider the legality of Colorado's ban on LGBTQ+ conversion therapy for minors.
- Conversion therapy aims to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling.
- More than 20 states in the U.S. have banned conversion therapy for minors.
- The case, Chiles v. Salazar, involves a Colorado counselor challenging the state's conversion therapy ban.
- Colorado's law was enacted in 2019 and applies only to minors.
- The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Colorado's ban in 2024.
- A Trevor Project study noted increased suicide risks among minors who underwent conversion therapy.
- The outcome of the case could affect similar bans in other states.
