PANEL 1: Is the First Amendment on Trial? | Candice Jackson
2025 Rocky Mountain Summit: Medical, Legal, and Policy Perspective Panel
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6m 43s
Moderator Travis Morrell introduces the case of Kaley Childs, a Colorado therapist whose First Amendment rights are being tested before the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorneys Candiace Jackson and Yitzchok Sapir explore whether state licensing boards can compel counselors to speak against their deeply held beliefs. While affirming Childs’ constitutional claims, both caution against reducing the issue to religious liberty alone. They argue the real danger is ideological regulation of professional speech—and that ethical medical practice, not just faith, demands the freedom to dissent from harmful gender ideology.
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