The US Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ+ youth, siding with a Christian counsellor who argues the law violates the First Amendment. The court has sent the law back to a lower court to decide if it meets a legal standard.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice. An 8-1 High Court majority sided with a Christian counsellor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment. The justices agreed that the law raises free speech concerns and sent it back to a lower court to decide if it meets a legal standard that few laws pass. Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the...