The Supreme Court’s ruling in Chiles v. Salazar takes the standpoint that therapists should not be restricted in what they be allowed to say to clients, but those restrictions are precisely what keeps clients safe.

Conversion therapy is not only ineffective at its purported goal, but also only serves to amplify psychological distress.

After declining to hear a case on conversion therapy in 2023, the Supreme Court has decided to hear an identical one starting in October.