Supreme Court hears arguments on whether states can ban conversion...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The justices are hearing a lawsuit from a Christian counselor challenging a Colorado law that prohibits therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation or gender identity.
59% : "The only thing that the law prohibits therapists from doing is performing a treatment that seeks the predetermined outcome of changing a minor´s sexual orientation or gender identity because that treatment is unsafe and ineffective," Colorado state attorneys wrote.
57% : Therapy isn't just speech, they said - it's health care that governments have a responsibility to regulate.
56% : "What happened in conversion therapy, it devastated Ryan´s bond with me and my husband," she said.
55% : Chiles should also be free from that kind of state regulation, the group argued.
49% : Still, the Supreme Court has also found that regulations that only "incidentally" burden speech are permissible, and the state argues that striking down its law against conversion therapy would undercut states' ability to regulate discredited health care of all kids.
38% : The group also represented a Christian website designer who doesn´t want to work with same-sex couples and successfully challenged a Colorado anti-discrimination law in 2023.
33% : A Supreme Court decision found California could not force state-licensed anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to provide information about abortion.

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