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A Consequential Supreme Court Term Begins With a Conversion Therapy Case

October 09, 2025 00:30:29 5.82 MB ( 23.45 MB less) Downloads: 0

Warning: this episode contains mentions of suicide.

In one of the first cases of the Supreme Court’s new term, the justices considered whether to strike down a ban on conversion therapy, the contentious practice that aims to change a young person’s sexual orientation.

Ann E. Marimow, Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times, talks us through the case.

Guest: Ann E. Marimow, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times from Washington.

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