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SCOTUS Ruling: Good for Free Speech; No Stats Show Harm to Kids Going Through Conversion Therapy 87%
4/1/2026, 3:02:06 AM
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So more than 20 states have similar restrictions as Colorado's on the books.
Joining me now to discuss these latest developments is Democratic strategist Lee Neves and Republican strategist Jet Love, founder founding partner of the Cornerstone Group. Great to have you both back with us.
So uh the justice is ruling that the First Amendment prohibits states from limiting what therapists can discuss and cannot with their clients. Uh here's the counselor at that center of the case reacting to the decision.
It's crucial that families have counseling options, including options that allow kids to genuinely talk about experiencing discomfort with their bodies without the state dictating an outcome.
>> So, Chad, the ruling was 8 to1. Do you see this as a victory for freedom of uh speech and and religious freedom?
>> I think it's a great opportunity for all Americans to rejoice that we have common sense coming back to America. The idea that this should have even been an issue in the first place is absolutely ludicrous. And these are the types of things that the American people voted for Donald Trump to be in office to undo.
The idea that a child cannot go to a counselor to talk about these issues that they're trying to figure out which are really important and these kids are very impressionable at a very young age.
And the idea that the government is trying to push them into these lifealtering surgeries, which we've seen so many stories from kids who've grown up into adulthood and regretted doing it.
it. It's absolutely absurd. So again, I think this is a day to cheer, not just from free speech, but for common sense.
Lee, uh, to Chad's point, a lot of young folks, uh, you know, when they're 15, 16, they have these lifealtering, irreversible surgeries, they do come to regret it.
So, in your opinion, uh, this case ultimately applies to both sexual orientation and gender identity. What kind of impact could this have around the country? And do you see this as a step in the right direction?
>> Well, I think it's a step in the right direction for free speech. Um, do I agree with conversion therapy? No. Do I think it's harmful? Yes. Of course, I'm not a doctor. Um, but the fact that that speech is protected and the state of Colorado tried to say there was a public interest for the health of these kids.
Yet, look, and I looked up, down, around, and everywhere, there are no statistics to show the harm to the children that go through this.
There, you know, when you're dealing with the Supreme Court, when you're dealing with an overriding public interest, you got to have numbers there. And the numbers aren't there right now. Like I said, do I think it's harmful? Do I think kids should go through convergent therapy?
No, I don't. But that's my viewpoint. I'm sure Chad has a different viewpoint.
And the beautiful thing about this ruling and the United States of America is that we have the freedom to have different viewpoints and be able to express those viewpoints.
What Colorado did here on a very controversial subject, this is controversial no matter what side of the coin you're on, is they tried to suppress one side of it just based on their viewpoint.
And when you have two of the more liberal justices in the Supreme Court agreeing with the conservatives kind of shows you it's just a hands down free speech issue that you know was decided the right way whether you like the subject matter of it or not.
>> Chad, what do you make of the semantics in the language here? I think language does matter. Uh, it's been dubbed conversion therapy. Sort of implies an insidious motive behind it.
>> Like we've seen for so many other attacks that have happened in these social issues.
The liberals are trying to persuade people. They try to scare people. They try to move away from the idea that abortion is murdering a child. And they also now want to somehow say that these kids are born uh with these conditions, which we know is not true. There's never been any medical science to be able to back up any of those assertions.
whatsoever. And so where kids are confused, where they're struggling to identify with the body that they're in, which we recognize are actual struggles that some of these children are having, we need to be able to help those kids.
And the idea that the governor and the rest of the state were standing in the way blocking those children from getting the necessary type of help we need should infuriate most Americans.
>> Now, [snorts] Justice Kanji Brown Jackson was the sole uh only denter on the bench.
She argued that the ruling threatens to impair states ability to regulate the provision of medical care in any respect.
Um, you know, Chad, we'll go back to you.
Justice Jackson uh cited a long tradition of states regulating medicine and similar uh professions.
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