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Members of the group "Concerned Women for America" pray outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the Court hears oral arguments in the Chiles v. Salazar case in Washington, on Oct. 7, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
On March 31, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Chiles v. Salazar. The court voided a Colorado statute that permitted mental health counselors to help children transitioning toward homosexuality and away from their biological gender, but it banned counselors from assisting those shifting back to their biological gender.
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
