Legal Opinion
Donald Welch v. Edmund Brown, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 23, 2016No. 15-16598PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Once again, we consider facial constitutional challenges to California’s law prohibiting state-licensed mental health providers from engaging in “sexual orientation change efforts” (“SOCE”) with minor patients. The law is known as Senate Bill 1172, or SB 1172, and is codified in California’s Business and Professions Code sections 865, 865.1, and 865.2. Plaintiffs are two state-licensed mental health providers and one aspiring state-licensed mental health provider who seek to engage in SOCE with minor patients. Defendants are the Governor of California and other…
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