Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Washington State LGBT Conversion Therapy Ban

Washington’s law bans counseling that aims to make patients straight.

Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at The Heritage Foundation in Washington on Oct. 21, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Supreme Court refused on Dec. 11 to take up a challenge to Washington state’s ban on LGBT conversion therapy—over the objections of three conservative justices who dissented.

The therapeutic practices, which are banned in many states, aim to make patients heterosexual or identify as their biological sex.