SCOTUS Not Cool With Colorado Ban on Conversion Therapy
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🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Today the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Chiles v. Salazer, the case involving a Colorado ban on conversion therapy. Leah is joined by Shannon Minter, Legal Director at the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, to break it down.
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