Jackson’s Dissent Says Colorado’s ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban Is Proper Standard of Care

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only member of the Supreme Court who thought the law’s speech restrictions were justified.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for an official portrait in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissent on a March 31 decision ruling against Colorado’s ban on “talk conversion therapy” for LGBT youth.

Eight out of nine Justices agreed that the law was a form of “viewpoint discrimination” by the state, and rejected Colorado’s argument that it was regulating the “conduct,” not really the speech, of mental health professionals.