Court sends Colorado’s conversion‑therapy ban back for strict-scrutiny review

The Supreme Court, in an 8‑1 decision written by Justice Gorsuch, ruled that Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors must be reviewed under strict scrutiny rather than the lower rational-basis standard, sending the case back to a lower court and likely leading to the law’s invalidation. The ruling drew praise from religious-liberty groups and sharp pushback from LGBTQ advocates, and arrived on Transgender Day of Visibility with dissents warning of potential harms.