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Related: About this forumWisconsin Republicans block 'conversion therapy' ban
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Source: Associated Press
Wisconsin Republicans block conversion therapy ban
By HARM VENHUIZEN
January 12, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Republicans voted Thursday to again allow therapists, social workers and counselors to try to change LGBTQ clients gender identities and sexual orientations a discredited practice known as conversion therapy.
A ban on conversion therapy was passed in 2020 by a state board within the Democratic governors administration overseeing licensing for mental health professionals. But a committee in the Republican-controlled Legislature temporarily blocked the ban then and did so again Thursday, with all six Republican members voting to block it and the four Democrats voting to keep it in place.
LGBTQ rights advocates have decried the scientifically discredited practice of trying to convert LGBTQ people to heterosexuality and traditional gender expectations as harmful, citing research suggesting the practice can increase the risk of suicide and depression.
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An examining board in the Department of Safety and Public Standards developed the rule banning conversion therapy, drawing objections from Republican lawmakers who introduced a bill in January 2021 to strike it down. Lawmakers placed that bill in committee for the remainder of the 2021-22 session, avoiding a veto from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and temporarily suspending the ban.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/politics-health-wisconsin-state-government-district-of-columbia-1530351ffa2e4fc96f8bbae00f4e283e
Skittles
(161,205 posts)and any therapist, social worker and counselor who participates should be kicked out of the profession
Pete Ross Junior
(404 posts)Back in the 1950s when behaviorism was all the rage and homosexuality was officially considered a disease ...
Aversion therapy to "cure" homosexuality was tried and it didn't work.
Yes the scientists were all wrong in the first place, but when it didn't work, they stopped.
Nowadays it's a science versus fundamentalist thing, but unlike other such issues the supposedly fundamentalist position got a thorough disproving at the hands of honest people who wanted it to work. Throwing in a little prayer isn't going to fix it.
yankee87
(2,472 posts)Cite any person who uses conversion therapy to be bought before The Hague and charged with crimes against humanity. Any person who does this kind of therapy are sadists and arent worthy to be in the free world.