9th Circuit Oral Arguments Available In Challenge To California Teen Reparative Therapy Ban

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments in two cases challenging California's ban on mental health care professionals providing so-called reparative therapy to teens.  California last year enacted the Sexual Orientation Change Efforts provision (full text) that bars mental health care providers from engaging in efforts to change the sexual orientation of anyone under 18 years of age. Separate federal district court judges took opposing positions on whether the law violates free expression protections. (See prior posting.) Appeals in both cases were heard yesterday. The audio of the arguments in Pickup v. Brown and in Welch v Brown is available from the 9th Circuit's website. AP reports on the oral arguments.