On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ youths.
The court agreed that Colorado’s law raises free speech concerns, so they sent it back to a lower court to review.
Arizona doesn’t have a ban on conversion therapy, which has been shown to be largely ineffective, even harmful.
But there are other checks, explains Nate Rhoton, the CEO of One-n-Ten, an LGBTQ-youth advocacy group.
"Here in Arizona, a survivor can absolutely hold someone accountable for the harms that caused them if they went through conversion therapy in their life," Rhoton said.
Rhoton is hopeful that Arizona will expand its current statute of limitations if a person has been harmed by conversion therapy.
"We believe that this allows for better checks and balances in the system to ensure that we don't have unethical practitioners causing this harm on young, LGBT Arizonans," Rhoton said.
