Pennsylvania becomes the 27th state to restrict ‘conversion therapy’

8/22/22
 
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from The Washington Post,
8/18/22:

Advocates and medical experts say the move could have a powerful impact on young LGBTQ people in the state and beyond

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signed an executive order Tuesday that would prevent conversion therapy practitioners from using state funds. The action also directs state agencies to discourage conversion efforts and establish culturally appropriate care and services for LGBTQ people.

“Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat,” Wolf said in a press release.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signed an executive order Tuesday that would prevent conversion therapy practitioners from using state funds. The action also directs state agencies to discourage conversion efforts and establish culturally appropriate care and services for LGBTQ people.

“Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat,” Wolf said in a press release.

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