More than 180 House and Senate Democrats called for the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, calling the controversial and widely discredited practice harmful and “violative of medical ethics.”

The Supreme Court agreed in March to hear a Colorado therapist’s challenge to a state law that has since 2019 barred mental health care providers from attempting to change a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity to align with heterosexual or cisgender norms. Providers who conduct conversion therapy are subject to disciplinary action from state licensing boards.

Kaley Chiles, a licensed professional counselor in Colorado Springs, Colo., challenged the law in 2022, claiming it interferes with her ability to treat individuals with “same-sex attractions or gender identity confusion” who “prioritize their faith above their feelings.”

In court documents, Chiles, who only uses talk therapy in her counseling practice, said she works........

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