Pastors Protecting Youth v. Madigan

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

HQN. RONALD A. GUZMÁN, United States District Judge

The Court grants Defendant’s motion to dismiss [20], and this case is dismissed as nonjusticiable.

STATEMENT

This case concerns the constitutionality of Illinois’ Youth Mental Health Protection Act (“YMHPA” or “the Act”), which generally prohibits mental health providers who practice in “trade or commerce” from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts (i.e., conversion therapy) with minors. 405 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 48/20. Plaintiffs are a group of five Illinois pastors- and' two unincorporated associations of…