David Pickup v. Edmund Brown, Jr.

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• explaining continuum of First Amendment rights of professionals in determining whether regulation is of speech or of conduct
• detailing numerous studies justifying state’s prohibition of certain psychological treatments for minors
• “Neither is the term ‘sexual orientation’ vague. Its meaning is clear enough to a reasonable person and should be even more apparent to mental health providers.”
• “In the past, aversive treatments included inducing nausea, vomiting, or paralysis; providing electric shocks; or having an individual snap an elastic band around the wrist when aroused by same-sex erotic images or thoughts. Even more drastic methods, such as castration, have been used.”

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