Supreme Court Rules on Conversion Therapy Ban

0:00It's April 7. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News, today, AI-powered stories from the spotlight. The Supreme Court just dropped an 8-1 ruling saying Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for kids violates free speech rights. The law from 2019 stopped licensed therapists from trying to change a minor sexual orientation or gender identity. A Christian therapist sued, claiming a blockter from helping kids who wanted to resist those identities and the justices agreed to targets. Viewpoints too closely. They kicked the case back to the 10th Circuit Court with orders to apply strict scrutiny. The toughest tests for laws like this. Unlicensed religious counselors get a pass under the rule. But now this sets up big challenges for similar bands in 23 states in Washington, D.C. Legal scholars are sounding alarms, warning a could-gut state medical board's power over talk therapy, telehealth, and even doctor advice on vaccines. Folks say professional speech now gets full-first the minimum protection, no different from

1:02everyday talk, putting all kinds of health regs at risk. Experts like law professors point out therapists in places like California and New Jersey are already using free speech claims to fight telehealth. Limits. Justice Katanji Brown-Jackson dissented, calling it a slippery slope toward substandard care slipping through. This spits a pattern from the court's conservative majority, citing with free speech for traditional views over LGBTQ protections and at least states. Scrabbling to defend their rules, moving forward.