"The law applies to licensed mental health clinicians who seek to change a patient's gender identity or sexual orientation, discredited tactics that major medical associations have said are ineffective and harmful. Colorado is one of more than 20 states in the US that have banned conversion practices, and a ruling in ADF's favor could make those laws vulnerable to similar challenges."
"ADF, a conservative organization behind major anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ cases, is representing Kaley Chiles, a licensed Colorado counselor who is Christian and contends the ban violates her first amendment rights to discuss her faith with patients. Her petition, Colorado's lawyers argue, is based on a hypothetical infringement on her free speech, since the state has not received a complaint about Chiles nor disciplined her."
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn Colorado's 2019 ban on conversion therapy for minors in Chiles v Salazar. The Colorado law prohibits licensed mental health clinicians from attempting to change a patient's gender identity or sexual orientation. Kaley Chiles, a Christian licensed counselor, argues the law violates her First Amendment right to discuss faith with patients and brought a pre-enforcement challenge claiming self-censorship. Colorado counters that no complaint or discipline has occurred and calls the claim hypothetical. Major medical organizations condemn conversion practices as ineffective and harmful and link them to increased depression and suicide attempts.
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