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After SCOTUS Ruling, Michigan Agrees To End ‘Talk Therapy’ Ban For Gender-Confused Kids

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The Democrat-run state of Michigan agreed on Thursday to end its prohibition on licensed therapists providing counseling to children struggling with issues related to sexual orientation and gender dysphoria.

“This is a major victory for children, counselors, and common sense,” Luke Goodrich, senior counsel at Becket and lead attorney for the counselors, said in a statement. “Kids who are hurting deserve compassion, not a one-way ticket to harmful drugs, hormones, and surgery. Now counselors can offer compassionate counseling without fearing that state bureaucrats will come knocking.” 

Known as Catholic Charities v. Whitmer, the case dealt with several Michigan-based counselors’ challenge to state laws barring them from engaging in talk therapy with minor clients facing discomfort with their sex. The challengers argued that such a prohibition violated their First Amendment rights.

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals handed plaintiffs a favorable ruling in the case late last year, which was subsequently followed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Chiles v. Salazar decision. In Chiles, the high court ruled that a similar Colorado law “regulates speech based on viewpoint, and the lower courts erred by failing to apply........

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