SCOTUS Rules Conversion Therapy Ban Likely Unconstitutional; Psychology Today, April 4, 2026

Allan E. Barsky PhD, MSW, JD, Psychology Today; SCOTUS Rules Conversion Therapy Ban Likely Unconstitutional

Recent SCOTUS conversion therapy ruling gives rise to ethical and legal conflicts.

• "The Supreme Court suggests that state bans on conversion therapy might be unconstitutional.
• Regardless of whether state bans are constitutional, conversion therapy is harmful.
• Mental health professionals' ethical duties to clients include doing no harm.
• Even if conversion therapy is found to be legally permissible, it is unethical."