Supreme Court justices grilled lawyers for Colorado on Tuesday over the state’s argument that counselors giving talk therapy should be subject to the same medical regulations as doctors, banning so-called “conversion therapy,” and are therefore not subject to First Amendment protections.

In Chiles v. Salazar , the justices heard a case involving Kaley Chiles , a licensed counselor in Colorado , who claims that the state’s law banning “conversion therapy” unlawfully censors her ability to speak with children and families who seek her out by prohibiting her from trying to dissuade children from changing their gender identities or sexual orientations.

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