This law prevents minors from getting the treatment that 90% of them need

Most people expect the government to protect children from dangerous treatments, even if their parents want them. But shouldn’t the government need to prove harm beyond a reasonable doubt before criminalizing treatment? Sadly, that is not the question before the court in the case Chiles v. Salazar. Rather, it’s a twisted attempt to use the First Amendment to strike down this Colorado law.

If 90% of the children who struggle with gender dysphoria work through it and realign their identity with their sex, isn’t preventing them from seeking help to do so harmful? Thereby, they are denying these children their liberty to seek treatment, not because it is harmful or ineffective, but because it does not align with the political views of the state.

Rather than protecting children from harm, this law prevents minors from getting the treatment that 90% of them need. The evidence that “conversion therapy” is harmful is questionable at best and medical malpractice at worst.

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