SCOTUS let's Conversion Therapy ban stand as Thomas argues torturing LGBTQ teens is free speech

The Supreme Court today a Washington State law, , that bans ‘conversion therapy’ for minors. This widely discredited junk psychology is best known as an attempt to align the subject’s sexual orientation with the counselor’s religious beliefs. Medical research has shown that conversion therapy causes kids mental anguish. in JAMA Pediatrics found that people who underwent the procedure had “serious psychological distress, had significantly higher rates of depression and substance use problems, and attempted suicide more.” To hear an appeal or grant certiorari, a minimum of four Justices must elect...