Pickup v. Brown and Welch v. Brown

Pickup v. Brown (12-17681) and Welch v. Brown (13-15023) are 2012 lawsuits in the United States challenging the constitutionality of California Senate bill SB 1172, which banned conversion therapy (therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation) on children under the age of 18, effective January 2013.[6] "The plaintiffs in the case asked the Supreme Court of the United States to review the Ninth Circuit's decision."[7] The Supreme Court in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, 585 U.S. ___ (2018) explicitly referenced a specific line of argument in this case relating to the standard of scrutiny that should be afforded to regulations of professional speech.[8] The Ninth Circuit held that conversion therapy was a form of professional conduct, not speech.On November 20, 2020, The Eleventh Circuit in Otto v. City of Boca Raton, FL, applying strict scrutiny as required under the 2018 Supreme Court case, held that the bans implemented by the City and County defendants did not pass strict scrutiny.
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