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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.
Michigan becomes the 22nd state to outlaw conversion therapy, which state lawmakers defined as any practice or treatment by a mental health professional that seeks to change an individual’s ...
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 ...
While conversion therapy is at least partially banned in more than half the nation — 23 states and Washington, D.C., have outlawed the practice, and five states have limited bans in place ...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order banning the scientifically discredited practice of so-called conversion therapy on minors in the state.
Reverted to version as of 21:21, 12 January 2024 (UTC) Pennsylvania prohibited the use of state funds, not conversion therapy in general. 05:02, 13 January 2024: 512 × 324 (1.02 MB) GER212: PA ban since august of last year: 21:21, 12 January 2024: 990 × 627 (1.29 MB) GER212: Reverted to version as of 14:25, 10 September 2023 (UTC) 14:27, 10 ...
Practitioners are currently working in almost every U.S. state.
The Supreme Court refuses a Christian free-speech challenge to 22 states' laws banning 'conversion therapy,' which seeks to change a child's sexual orientation or gender identity.