Supreme Court Casts Doubt on LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’ Bans

US Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism about state laws that bar licensed counselors in about half the country from using talk therapy to try to change a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Hearing arguments in Washington Tuesday, the court questioned the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban on what critics call “conversion therapy.” A Christian counselor is challenging the 2019 law as violating her free speech rights.