Supreme Court Strikes Down Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban

The United States===Supreme Court of the United States, in an 8-1 decision, struck down a United States===Colorado law that banned conversion therapy for minors. The majority opinion, authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, stated that the law regulated speech content and discriminated based on viewpoint. This ruling is seen as protecting therapists from government bias but also substantially weakens the government's capacity to regulate professional conduct accomplished by speech. It opens the door for future challenges to various professional regulations, including those concerning financial professionals and conflict of interest, as well as government-mandated disclosures like Surgeon General's warnings. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, expressing concern about the court questioning the legal legitimacy of scientific consensus enacted as regulation.