The U.S. Supreme Court seemed poised in favor of removing Colorado’s ban on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for minors during oral arguments on Tuesday. The challenge to Colorado’s ban was brought forward by a Christian licensed counselor, Kaley Chiles, who argued the ban is a violation of her First Amendment rights to free speech and religion. Meanwhile, Colorado Solicitor General Shannon Stevenson argued that Colorado’s law regulates conduct, not speech. Here’s Stevenson in court yesterday.

Shannon Stevenson: “People have been trying to do conversion therapy for a hundred years with no record of success. There is no study, despite the fact that people tried to advance this practice, that has ever shown that it has any chance of being efficacious.”