The Supreme Court weighs conversion therapy in a case from Colorado
7 hours ago
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- The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case regarding conversion therapy, pitting conservative Christian groups against the LGBTQ+ community.
- Conversion therapy is defined as treatment aimed at changing a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, widely discredited by major medical organizations.
- Half of U.S. states have banned conversion therapy for minors due to its links to depression and suicidal thoughts.
- Jessica Ritter, a former conversion therapy patient, shares her negative experience and opposition to the practice.
- Alliance Defending Freedom and therapist Kaley Chiles are challenging Colorado's ban, arguing it violates free speech rights in talk therapy.
- Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser defends the state law, emphasizing the need to protect minors from substandard medical care.
- Both sides reference the Cass Review, which condemned conversion therapy but questioned transgender-affirming care for minors.
- The case, Chiles v. Salazar, is expected to be decided by summer.