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SCOTUS Sizes Up Colorado’s Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’, by Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer, National Catholic Register, October 7, 2025

Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News, and director of the Conscience Project.

 

COMMENTARY: Oral argument in the ‘Chiles v. Salazar’ case indicates that a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court’s justices believe the ban is a violation of the First Amendment’s free speech guarantee.

Andrea M. Picciotti-BayerAfter Tuesday morning’s oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar, it is clear that a majority — if not all nine justices — agree that an exacting review known as “strict scrutiny” should apply to Colorado’s ban on so-called “conversion therapy,” given its profound impact on the First Amendment’s free speech guarantee.

The case involves whether a state may forbid a licensed counselor from engaging in certain kinds of voluntary “talk therapy” with minors struggling with confusion related to sexual orientation and gender identity. …

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