Christian Counselor Fighting Restrictive Gender Counseling Law Wants SCOTUS To Vindicate Her Free Speech Rights

In its brief, Colorado claims that “every major professional healthcare association in the country further agrees that conversion therapy is not just ineffective and unnecessary, but can be harmful, particularly to minors.” It cites medical organizations like the American Psychological Association (APA) and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), which have previously allowed political concerns about child-sex change bans to influence their decisions.

“There is no reliable evidence supporting Colorado’s counseling ban; and all the best evidence on treating gender dysphoria in minors recommends the very psychosocial treatment Colorado forbids,” Do No Harm Medical Director Dr. Kurt Miceli said in a statement.

Scientific advances were not made by respecting “authority,” Judge Harris Hartz, wrote in his dissent from the 10th Circuit’s decision.

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