Press Statement
For Immediate Release: 10.7.25
Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org
Direct: 972-941-4453
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Argument Over Counseling Rights
Court reviewing Colorado state law that interferes with counselor-patient relationship.
Washington, DC—The Supreme Court of the United States today heard oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar, a case involving a Colorado law banning licensed counselors from discussing certain types of counseling with minors. This ban bars professional counselors like Petitioner Kaley Chiles from engaging in religiously-based talk therapy with her clients if she does not provide the “gender affirming” perspective the state requires.
“Americans should never have their professional speech censored simply because the government disfavors that speech,” said Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel for First Liberty Institute. “In this case, the Supreme Court can once again remind state governments that the Constitution actually means what it says when it protects the free speech of its citizens.”
First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Heartbeat International, a nonprofit, interdenominational Christian organization whose mission is to support the pro-life cause through an effective network of affiliated pregnancy resource centers.
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