A Colorado case going before the U.S. Supreme Court this week could set nationwide precedent for whether states can bar licensed medical professionals from performing the widely discredited practice of conversion therapy on LGBTQ+ kids.

On Tuesday, the conservative-majority court will hear oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar , a case brought by Colorado Springs counselor Kaley Chiles, who alleges the state’s ban on conversion therapy for minors violates her First Amendment rights.

The Colorado Attorney General’s Office will argue that trying to change a young patient’s sexual orientation or gender identity is substandard medical care, and that greenlighting such care under the umbrella of free speech would “open Pandora’s box” to a litany of licensed professional malpractice.

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