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The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to strike down Colorado's ban on mental health professionals providing so-called "conversion therapy" to minors with gender identity or sexual orientation issues, an important First Amendment case laced with sharp political and social undertones.

Licensed counselor Kaley Chiles says the legislation violates her free speech rights and infringes on her free exercise of religion and that of her clients by censoring and prohibiting certain private client-counselor conversations.

About two dozen states and Washington, DC have laws similar to Colorado's.

The state says it acted to regulate professional conduct, "based on overwhelming evidence that efforts to change a child’s sexual

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