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A majority of the United States population lives in jurisdictions that have banned conversion therapy on minors, although significant gaps in protections remain. Opponents of conversion therapy argue that it is abusive to attempt to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity and that the practice is based in pseudoscience.
Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. [1] As of December 2023, twenty-eight countries have bans on conversion therapy, fourteen of them ban the practice by any person: Belgium, [2] Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Spain; seven ban ...
After conversion therapy has failed to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity, participants often feel increased shame that they already felt over their sexual orientation or gender identity. [21] Conversion therapy can cause significant, long-term psychological harm. [2]
The new law meant that nurse practitioners could be jailed for a year if they treated adults for gender dysphoria. It also banned transition care from being prescribed via telehealth.
Hospitals across the country are suspending or reevaluating their gender-affirming care programs for patients under 19, creating fear and confusion among transgender youth and their families.
In September 2019, District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow dismissed the challenge, stating that "[The conversion therapy ban] doesn't prevent licensed therapists from expressing their personal views about conversion therapy to minor clients...The law only prohibits conversion therapy when it is conducted by licensed practitioners on minors and ...
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The challenge was brought forth by licensed family counselor Brian Tingley with representation from the Alliance Defending Freedom. [117] AB 2943, was a bill drafted by Assemblyman Evan Low, that would have extended the ban to paid conversion therapy for adults. The bill was approved in 2018 but was later withdrawn by Low before final approval.