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The Supreme Court released its opinion on one of the most controversial cases of the term regarding a Colorado law that banned LGBTQ plus conversion therapy for minors.

The high court's ruling effectively throws the case back to a lower court, which is tasked with examining whether or not the law infringed on the free speech rights of Kaylee Childs, a licensed counselor with a master's degree in clinical mental health, who said she practices from a Christian perspective.

Hello and welcome to USA Today's The Excerpt.

I'm Dana Taylor.

Today is Wednesday, April 1st, 2026.

Joining me to walk through what this decision will mean not only for Childs, but for Christian counselors in the two dozen other states that have an active ban on conversion therapy for minors is USA Today Supreme Court correspondent Maureen Grabe.

Maureen, thank you so much for being here.

Hi, thanks for having me.

Maureen, what was the basis of this Colorado dispute?

What does this eight to one ruling essentially do?

As I mentioned, Colorado isn't the only state to prohibit conversion therapy.

What will be the immediate impact of this ruling?

Maureen, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson cast the one dissenting vote here.

Why was she in opposition to this ruling?

More than a dozen mental health and professional medical organizations also weighed in here, right?

The Justice Department supported Childs, the Christian therapist, in this case.