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The Supreme Court ruled that Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth violates the free speech rights of a conservative Christian therapist.
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in the case of a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissenter. CBS News' Jan Crawford has more.
Supreme Court rules against state conversion therapy ban
The Supreme Court ruled that Colorado's ban on conversion therapy aimed at youths violates the free speech rights of a conservative Christian therapist. NBC News' Ryan Reilly reports on the court's decision, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent and how the ruling could be applied.
The state and more than 20 others restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of clients under 18.
The Supreme Court struck down Colorado's ban on so-called "conversion therapy" for minors as a violation of counselors' free speech rights under the First Amendment.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado counselor who challenged a law banning conversion therapy for minors, ruling that lower courts failed to apply "sufficiently rigorous First Amendment scrutiny."
